President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday tapped three new special ambassadors — but not to a foreign nation or policy area.
Actors Jon Voight, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone will serve as “Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social, with the aim of boosting the American filmmaking capital after it “has lost much business over the last four years to Foreign Countries.”
In this seemingly unprecedented role, the stars will serve as Trump’s “eyes and ears.”
“I will get done what they suggest,” he wrote.
The announcement comes as Los Angeles is tackling several raging wildfire disasters that have killed at least 25 people and caused significant damage in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods. Trump blamed California Gov. Gavin Newsom for the fires in a post on Truth Social, saying “I will demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean, fresh water to FLOW INTO CALIFORNIA!”
Trump has long had deep ties within the entertainment industry. His pick for envoy to the United Kingdom is his old producer from “The Apprentice,” Mark Burnett.
Voight, Gibson and Stallone have been vocal supporters of Trump in recent years.
Stallone has been a supporter since 2016, and after moving to Florida has visited to Mar-a-Lago more than once. He introduced Trump at the America First Policy Institute gala at Mar-a-Lago last November, where he praised Trump as the “second George Washington.” Voight has also thrown support behind Trump since 2016, calling him the “greatest president since Abraham Lincoln” and supporting Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election had been stolen.
Gibson endorsed Trump for president shortly before last year’s election, adding that Vice President Kamala Harris has “the IQ of a fence post.”
