Sylvester Stallone Hails Donald Trump as the ‘Second George Washington’ Introducing President-Elect at Mar-a-Lago
variety.comJ. Kim Murphy Sylvester Stallone welcomed Donald Trump to the stage at the President-elect’s Mar-a-Lago event Thursday evening, praising him as the “second George Washington.” The two shook hands before Trump’s headlining speech for the America First Policy Institute gala, which took place at the President-elect’s resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
Several of the figures Trump has tapped to be cabinet members in his administration, such as Matt Gaetz, were also in attendance.
During the event, it was announced that North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum had been selected to be submitted to serve as Interior Secretary. “We are in the presence of a really mythical character.
I love mythology,” Stallone said in his speech, after opening with a lengthy comparison drawing connections between Jesus Christ, his boxing character Rocky Balboa and Trump himself. “Nobody in the world could’ve pulled off what he pulled off.
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