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๐จ You've never heard of him.
But he may be the single most consequential person
in Donald Trump's entire orbit.
His name is Paolo Zampolli.
And yesterday โ his story just got a whole lot darker.
Join Olivia Rose for Episode 1 of "Who Is Paolo Zampolli?"
โ the deep dive into the man who built the Trump legacy
from the inside, and whose fingerprints are on some of
the most explosive stories in American politics right now.
๐ฎ๐น WHO IS PAOLO ZAMPOLLI?
Paolo Zampolli is an Italian-American businessman
born in Milan in 1970 โ who founded ID Model Management
in New York, befriended Donald Trump, and famously
introduced him to Melania Knauss at a September 1998
party. He sponsored Melania's H-1B visa and helped
bring her to America.
He i s now one of the most powerful unelected figures
in the United States government.
He currently serves as Trump's Special Envoy
for Global Partnerships โ a position created
specifically for him, with no defined mandate,
no Senate confirmation, and no public accountability.
He has no formal diplomatic experience.
He has no foreign policy credentials.
He has the president's ear.
And yesterday โ The New York Times revealed
what he did with that access.
๐ง THE ICE BOMBSHELL โ BREAKING YESTERDAY:
Zampolli contacted David Venturella โ a senior ICE
official โ to flag his Brazilian ex-partner Amanda
Ungaro's immigration status while the pair were
engaged in a custody dispute over their teenage son.
ICE a gents picked up Ungaro before she could post
bail โ and she was subsequently deported to Brazil,
effectively removing her from the custody proceedings
entirely.
Zampo lli had previously approached Corey Lewandowski
โ then a top DHS aide and alleged lover of Kristi Noem
โ before finding a more receptive contact in Venturella.
Ungar o told the Times: "It's devastating that they
could have affected what happened to me."
A man with direct White House access used
federal immigration enforcement as a weapon
in a private custody battle.
And his ex-partner is now in Brazil.
Away from her son.
๐๏ธ THE GAZA RIVIERA:
Way back in 2016 โ years before Trump ever mentioned
it publicly โ Zampolli was already pitching his idea
to convert Gaza into a Mediterranean Riviera with
high-rises and shopping malls. As he puts it now:
"Let's make it like Dubai, but with no golden faucets."
The man who invented Mar-a-Gaza.
Before Trump. Before Kushner. Before any of it.
๐ THE EPSTEIN CONNECTION:
Zampolli's name appears multiple times in the
Jeffrey Epstein files. His ex-partner Ungaro's
name also appears โ she first arrived in the
United States in 2002 as a 17-year-old model
travelling on Epstein's private plane.
Investi gators have raised questions about whether
Zampolli โ who has connections to Epstein,
Ghislaine Maxwell, and the broader network
documented in the files โ may have played a
role in the Trump administration's reversal
on releasing the Epstein documents.
๐ Paolo Zampolli has never been investigated
or charged with any criminal activity.
Everything reported here is documented
by the New York Times, Daily Beast,
Air Mail, and Wikipedia.
He did not respond to our request for comment.
๐ How has this man stayed under the radar
for this long? Drop your take in the comments.