'Second George Washington': Sylvester Stallone Gives Phenomenal Introduction

Oscar winner Sylvester Stallone invoked both George Washington and Jesus while praising President-elect Donald Trump at a black-tie gala Thursday celebrating the billionaire’s landslide election victory at Mar-a-Lago.

In an emotional speech, Stallone compared his own arduous road to Hollywood success to the near-insurmountable obstacles Trump faced in his trailblazing political career.

“When I made ‘Rocky,’ if you remember, the first image was a picture of Jesus, and it said, ‘Resurrection AC Club,’” Stallone said.

“I found a church that had been converted into a boxing ring. So the image pans down from Jesus onto Rocky being hit. And at that moment, he was the 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,” the film icon said to raucous applause.

Stallone was referencing the opening scene of his hit 1976 Oscar-winning film, “Rocky,” in which the main character fights in a boxing ring at an old church.

“We are in the presence of a really mythical character. I love mythology,” the actor said of Trump.

“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.”