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Renowned Hollywood star and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone introduced President-elect Donald Trump at an America First Policy Institute gala hosted at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Friday. Stallone drew a parallel between Trump and one of his most iconic on-screen characters, Rocky Balboa. In his introduction, the Rambo star described Trump as a “mythical character” and referenced the Oscar-winning movie Rocky, which follows the titular boxer in an underdog tale of perseverance and tenacity.

“When I did Rocky, if you remember, the first image was a picture of Jesus, and it says, ‘Resurrection A.C. Club.’ I found a church that had been converted to a boxing ring,” he said. “So the image pans down from Jesus onto Rocky being hit. And in that moment he was a chosen person, and that’s how I began the journey—something was going to happen. This man was going to go through a metamorphosis and change lives, just like President Trump,” he added, per Newsweek.

Continuing, he said, “We are in the presence of a really mythical character. I love mythology, and this individual does not exist on this planet. Nobody in the world could have pulled off what he pulled off. So I’m in awe. And I’ll just say this, and I mean it: When George Washington defended his country, he had no idea that he was going to change the world because without him, you could imagine what the world would look like.” He concluded: “Guess what? We got the second George Washington. Congratulations.”



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Meanwhile, a rank-and-file Democrat almost no one has ever heard of has come up with a weak, pathetic plan to “oppose” President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda despite the fact that he overwhelmed Vice President Kamala Harris in the Electoral College and became the first Republican presidential contender to win an outright majority of votes since the early 2000s.



Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-NC) has proposed the establishment of a Democratic “shadow cabinet” to counter the policies of the incoming Trump administration. Speaking on the House floor, Nickel described the initiative as an essential move to offer an alternative perspective and publicly challenge the administration’s agenda.

“If Trump attempts to weaponize the justice system against his political opponents with Matt Gaetz at the helm, we could see incoming Senator Adam Schiff as our shadow attorney general, arguing against replacing our independent prosecutors with Trump loyalists,” Nickel stated. The proposal resembles a parliamentary-style opposition framework and has sparked immediate comparisons to political tactics in countries with shadow governments. And for the record, Trump has never said he would “weaponize” the Justice Department, only reform it so Americans have trust in the institution and the FBI again.

Nickel laid out his vision in detail, naming potential figures to fill key roles in the shadow cabinet. “If Trump seeks to eliminate the Department of Education, Congresswoman Jahanna Hayes (D-CT), a former Teacher of the Year, could step up as shadow education secretary to loudly defend public education in the United States,” he added, without mentioning that every state in the country has its own education department and that the federal agency has been co-0pted by the left-wing teachers’ unions.

“If Trump orders Marco Rubio to hand Ukraine and much of Eastern Europe to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Congressman Greg Meeks (D-NY), as shadow secretary of state, could be a strong voice in support of maintaining international relationships and protecting democracy at home and abroad,” he argued.






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