From 1998... Look at Donald blushing!
...and 26 years later. Zampolli is at right.
Posted on 03/12/2025 4:09:46 PM PDT by simpson96
Donald Trump is giving the former modeling agent who discovered his first lady in the 1990s a job in his administration.
Paolo Zampolli and Trump have a long and fruitful relationship dating back 30 years when the Milan native worked as Director of International Development for the Trump Organization.
'I am pleased to announce that I am appointing Paolo Zampolli as Special Envoy for Global Partnerships,' Trump said.(snip)
'With his extensive experience working with the United Nations, the Kennedy Center, and various International initiatives, Paolo will help us advance America's Interests on the Global stage. Congratulations Paolo!'
(snip)
In 1998, he introduced Trump to Melania - who he secured the H1B Visa for - at a party at New York City's famous Kit Kat Club.(snip)
He also had to defend the first lady after the details of Mrs. Trump's early paid modeling work in the US emerged in the final days of the bitter 2016 presidential campaign.
Zampolli said he recruited Melania to come to the US as a model, and said he did not recall Mrs. Trump working without legal permission.
He said that while he was a partner at modeling agency Metropolitan Models, he secured a work visa for Mrs. Trump, who in the mid-1990s was named Melania Knauss.
'I know she was not working a paid job before she got the H-1B,' Zampolli said, referring to the type of work visa that US companies can obtain for 'fashion models of distinguished merit and ability.'
H-1B visas generally allow a person to work and live in the US for three years with the opportunity to renew the visas for another three years.
Zampolli said he based the H-1B application on Mrs. Trump's previous modeling work in Paris and Milan.
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From 1998... Look at Donald blushing!
...and 26 years later. Zampolli is at right.
Very nice. Keeping his loyal friends close.
*ping*
Still more qualified than Biden’s cabinet!
Was THE DON a Democrat at that time?
I believe so. Not sure when he became a Republican.
My local ‘Conserva-Babe’ radio talk show host is a recovered Democrat.
Having seen, first hand, how the sausage is made, they make the most ardent Conservatives you’d ever want to meet.
But but but...Democrats won’t like this. /s
I have a cousin who is hopeless, will never change.
But he is not a visible man of conviction. After a couple years of him saying “Donald Jackass Trump” I searched the internet at length and found a ball cap saying that.
He has never worn it and won’t, not in our MAGA hometown.
Online, tho, he will cuss out anyone. A keyboard warrior only, safe at his computer.
Excellent troll move by DJT. Now the media whores will scream about this while Musk and DOGE keep slashing away.
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