Donald Trump has appointed Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, and Jon Voight to a questionable honor.
Carrie Underwood is not the only celebrity with poor judgment. It is surprisingly common.
Despite the recent devastating fires in Los Angeles, Trump is still targeting Hollywood.
He is designating all three ostracized actors as “Special Ambassadors” to the entertainment industry. What does this mean?
Trump announces Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone as ‘Special Ambassadors’
On Thursday, January 16, Donald Trump used his ironically named Truth Social microblogging platform to share some news.
“It is my honor to announce Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone, to be Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California,” the notorious criminal announced.
Trump then proclaimed: “They will serve as Special Envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost much business over the last four years to Foreign Countries, BACK — BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!”
“These three very talented people,” Trump claimed, “will be my eyes and ears.”
He then threatened: “And I will get done what they suggest.” That’s vague yet sinister!
“It will again be, like The United States of America itself, The Golden Age of Hollywood!” Trump rambled.
Why did Trump select Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, and Jon Voight?
These are not three actors who come to most people’s minds. Pretty much ever.
However, though we hate to speculate on what passes for Donald Trump’s thought process at this point, it’s likely that he sees these men as his allies.
From Voight’s notorious politics to Stallone calling him the “second George Washington” to Gibson’s famous bigotry scandals, they seem relatively like-minded with Trump.
Though Donald Trump clearly craves the admiration and friendship of the most famous and beautiful people in the entertainment industry, he will never have it. And it’s possible that he has realized this.
At his core, Trump is a man who wants to be liked. If the people whose attention he covets despise him for his behavior, politics, and crimes, then he’ll take approval where he can get it. That means actors many people had forgotten were still alive, and it means crowds of people whom Trump would sooner avoid under other circumstances.
As for why Trump didn’t choose someone like Trump-supporter Zachary Levi? It’s not clear if he knows who he is off the top of his head. Trump was born in the ’40s. He’d likely feel more comfortable speaking to geriatric actors who feel as if they are somehow oppressed by their own industry.
