When you hear someone compare Donald Trump to a historical figure, exaggeration is likely to follow, whether from opponents, supporters or the man himself.

There have been many Hitler comparisons from never-Trumpers, including this from the author JD Vance in 2016:

“I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical *** like Nixon who wouldn’t be so bad (and might even prove useful) or that he’s America’s Hitler,” the vice president-elect said.

Actor Jon Voight, an ardent Trump supporter from the start, compared the president-elect of Jesus Christ.

“The one man who was ridiculed, destroyed like Jesus, Trump, can come back and save the American dream for everyone,” he said.

Trump has also compared himself, often obliquely, to both Jesus and Abraham Lincoln. Last year, while lamenting what he claims is his political persecution, the president-elect co-opted a civil rights icon.

“I don’t mind being Nelson Mandela because I do it for a reason,” Trump told supporters in New Hampshire.

Not to be outdone, actor Sylvester Stallone on Thursday became the latest public figure to jump the shark, comparative the president-elect to the nation’s first commander-in-chief known, unlike Trump, for his honesty.

“And I’m going to say just this, and I mean it,” Stallone said, introducing Trump at a Mar-a-Lago gala for the America First Policy Institute. “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 be like.