Actor Sylvester Stallone likened President-elect Trump to his "Rocky" character and said he is the "second George Washington" while introducing him at the AFPI Gala at Mar-a-Lago.

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,

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We’re in the presence of a really mythical character,” Stallone said, before adding that “nobody could have pulled off what Trump did”. The Rocky star then welcomed the next president on stage where the pair embraced before Trump delivered a victory lap speech.

During a speech introducing Donald Trump at the America First Policy Institute Gala held in Palm Beach, Fla. at the Mar-A-Lago Club tonight, Sylvester Stallone called the president-elect “the 2nd George Washington.

Sylvester Stallone has described U.S. president-elect Donald Trump as the "second George Washington". While introducing the Republican Party leader at the America First Policy Institute Gala held at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach,