I didn’t plan to be an author. What I planned, what I was taught to plan, was to be quiet. Being quiet is the survival training most of us receive early in life. We learn not to make waves, not to draw attention, and not to say things that might make others uncomfortable. Quiet is praised as maturity, humility, and politeness. It brings acceptance and safety, or at least the promise of safety. So, for much of my life, I stayed quiet and buried myself in books…
Paolo Zampolli has one of those biographies that sounds as if several different people’s résumés were accidentally combined. He has been a modeling agent, New York socialite, real-estate dealmaker, friend of Donald and Melania Trump, Caribbean diplomat, United Nations fixture, environmental advocate and business associate of Jeffrey Epstein. Now he is also a presidential envoy. For years, Zampolli was mostly a supporting character in other people’s stories. He was frequently described as the modeling agent who introduced Donald Trump to Melania Knauss. His name appeared in society pages, at Trump events and around international diplomatic gatherings. He was close enough… Read more: Paolo Zampolli: From Model Agent to Presidential Envoy
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Paolo Zampolli has one of those biographies that sounds as if several different people’s résumés were accidentally combined. He has been a modeling agent, New York socialite, real-estate dealmaker, friend of Donald and Melania Trump, Caribbean diplomat, United Nations fixture, environmental advocate and business associate of Jeffrey Epstein. Now he is also a presidential envoy. For years, Zampolli was mostly a supporting character in other people’s stories. He was frequently described as the modeling agent who introduced Donald Trump to Melania Knauss. His name appeared in society pages, at Trump events and around international diplomatic gatherings. He was close enough… Read more: Paolo Zampolli: From Model Agent to Presidential Envoy
