Donald Trump gives the former model agent who discovered his First Lady a job in his administration in the nineties.
Paolo Zampolli and Trump have a long and fruitful relationship that goes back for 30 years when the resident of Milan worked as director of international development for the Trump organization.
“I am pleased to announce that I name Paolo Zampolli as a special envoy for global partnerships,” Trump said.
Trump said that Zampolli – who previously participated in the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition – will wear a lot of hats in the performance.
'With his extensive experience with the United Nations, the Kennedy Center and various international initiatives, Paolo will help us promote the interests of America on the world stage. Congratulations Paolo! '
Zampolli has been a member of the Board of Trustees in the Kennedy Center since 2020, appointed by Trump.
In 1998 he introduced Trump to Melania – for whom he secured the H1B visa – at a party in the famous Kit Kat Club of New York City.
Donald Trump gives the Paolo Zampolli – the man who discovered his first lady as a model agent in the 1990s – a job in his administration
In 1998, Zampolli introduced Trump to Melania – for whom he secured the H1B visa – at a party in the famous Kit Kat Club of New York City
Zampolli was present at their wedding and stayed close to the first pair over the years.
When Trump initially won in 2016, Zampolli threw a post -inhuling bash tomorrow night to celebrate the climb from Melania to First Lady.
He also had to defend the First Lady after the details of the early paid modeling work by Mrs Trump in the US in the last days of the Bitter Presidential Campaign 2016 arose.
Zampolli said he recruited Melania to come to the US as a model and said he did not remember that Mrs. Trump was working without legal permission.
He said that, although he was a partner in modeling agency Metropolitan Models, a work visa for Mrs. Trump, called Melania Knauss in the mid -1990s.
“I know she didn't work on a paid job before she got the H-1B,” said Zampolli, referring to the type of work visa that American companies can obtain for “fashion models of various merit and competence.”
H-1B-VISA generally let a person work and live in the US for three years with the possibility of renewing the Visa for another three years.
Zampolli said he based the H-1B application on the earlier modeling work of Mrs Trump in Paris and Milan.
Zampolli and Trump have a long and fruitful relationship that goes back for 30 years, when the resident of Milan worked as director of international development for the Trump organization
When Trump initially won in 2016, Zampolli threw a post -inhuling bash tomorrow night to celebrate the climb from Melania to First Lady
“We used what she did earlier to get her a visa,” he said. “She had enough tears to qualify.”
Trump also announced various other agreements on Tuesday.
He said that the mayor of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, Bill Bazzi, will be ambassador in Tunisia.
Trump then announced that Dr. Anji Sinha will be the ambassador of the United States in Singapore.
Earlier in the day he confirmed that Michael George Desombre will be the American assistant -State Secretary for East Asia and the Pacific.
Desombre was the ambassador in Thailand during the first term of the president.
