'My Eyes and Ears': Trump Names Ambassadors to Hollywood, Critics Question Motives

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77% : ""Voight is a longtime Trump supporter who has called Trump the greatest president since Lincoln," the Tribune added.
65% : It will again be, like The United States of America itself, The Golden Age of Hollywood!"Calling it a "seemingly unprecedented role," Politico reports, "Voight, Gibson and Stallone have been vocal supporters of Trump in recent years.
61% : "If you're to believe Trump, a task force comprised of three men with an average age of 77 is precisely what Hollywood needs to reclaim its glory days," reported Vanity Fair's Chris Murphy.
59% : READ MORE: DeSantis' Rubio Replacement Seen as Trump Loyalist and MAGA Culture Warrior"Trump has long had deep ties within the entertainment industry.
55% : Donald Trump has announced about 100 nominations to his administration that require Senate confirmation, from cabinet secretaries to ambassadors to foreign countries, but on Thursday the President-elect announced the "nomination" of three more "ambassadors" -- to Hollywood.
39% : "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," Trump declared on social media.
36% : "There is no reason to think that Trump genuinely wants to help the U.S. film industry, which has rejected and mocked him since he entered politics," writes New York Magazine "Intelligencer" senior editor Margaret Hartmann, who described the appointments as "trolling Hollywood.
34% : "READ MORE: Trump Ran on Promise to Lower Grocery Prices -- Few Americans Now Believe He WillShe also notes that "there's the underlying idea that Trump needs to appoint ambassadors to Hollywood, like it's not part of the United States.

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