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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmanda Ungaro on X: Hello Melania, I was around you for 20 years.... Because I will expose everything I know.
events and everything else.
So shut your mouth when speaking about me.
Because I will expose everything I know.
Follow this thread.
— Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) 2026-04-10T06:53:48.979Z
Most likely, and of course, all speculation right now, this is why Melania did her 6 min statement today.
Amanda Ungaro was brought here as a 17-year-old model. She flew to NYC on Epstein's private plane.
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Paolo Zampolli, the modeling agent who allegedly introduced Melania to Trump in 1998, fathered Ungaro's child. They were engaged in an ugly custody battle. Zampolli leaned on ICE and his Trump connections to DEPORT Ungaro.
— Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) 2026-04-10T06:55:13.852Z
Zampolli also allegedly represented Melania when she was a model...
Maeve
(43,465 posts)Stay away from upper story windows, careful around stairs...that sort of thing
WiVoter
(1,651 posts)To be a fly in the wall ....
LeftInTX
(34,450 posts)Jean-Luc
(10 posts)LeftInTX
(34,450 posts)orleans
(36,992 posts)the crap ice put everyone in
self deported? if i ever decide to self-deport i think i should at least pack a little suitcase
Trueblue1968
(19,265 posts)newdeal2
(5,468 posts)This is the Melania movie we all wanted and deserved.
orangecrush
(30,551 posts)sop
(18,760 posts)yellow dahlia
(6,057 posts)demmiblue
(39,772 posts)If you thought the Trump admin might want to put some distance between them and the subject of this NY Times profile...here he is with Vance in Hungary yesterday
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) 2026-04-10T02:23:38.646Z
"Mr. Prime Minister, I'd like you to meet someone who epitomizes the American dream: he picked his much hotter and younger partner from an Epstein plane when she was a teenager, refused to marry her after they had a kid, and set ICE on her when she went to another man." bsky.app/profile/head...
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) 2026-04-10T02:30:03.509Z
What a wicked web we weave
SunSeeker
(58,318 posts)rubbersole
(11,234 posts)SunSeeker
(58,318 posts)Google describes him as a former modeling agent who frequently highlights his close relationship with the Trump administration on social media.
Lifeafter70
(1,033 posts)He and Amanda were UN ambassadors. Trump and Paola were both in real estate and had modeling agencies. Both were involved with epstein. Amanda was flown to the US from Paris on epstein plane when she was 17. Paola helped Melania get her visa.
Now he is part of trumps administration.
SunSeeker
(58,318 posts)But he did help traffic Ungaro to the US, and he did help Melania stay in the US.
Zampolli has some sort of bullshit title (Special Global Envoy) in the Trump administration so he can suck at the taxpayer teet like the rest of the Trump hangers on. He has zero qualifications to be an envoy for anything but sex trafficking.
Lifeafter70
(1,033 posts)InJune 2014 Keith Mitchell Prime Minister of Grenada appointed her. I had read it in an article posted to du.
But I did find this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Zampolli#:~:text=In%20June%202014%2C%20Keith%20Mitchell,with%20United%20Nations%20Ambassador%20Ranking.
Edited to add: Both appointments seem to be connected to Epstein's and Maxwell's charity. That they set up to rehabilitate their image.
SunSeeker
(58,318 posts)Figures that Zampolli would call himself Ambassador after getting some bullshit UN title with the Dominican government. Same with Ungaro and her Grenada gig. They were trying to cleanse their resumes, which basically contain only sex trafficking operations.
Lifeafter70
(1,033 posts)But I think he used those appointments to his advantage. They were there for quite some time.
LeftInTX
(34,450 posts)SunSeeker
(58,318 posts)Vinca
(54,060 posts)TheRickles
(3,420 posts)Along with the threat to have it released if something should happen to her - a dead woman's switch.
Baitball Blogger
(52,451 posts)He never thinks this through. I hope someone protects that woman.
malaise
(296,535 posts)Clearly they didnt think this through.
Baitball Blogger
(52,451 posts)Just opened my eyes and the sleep bogeys got in my way.
niyad
(132,769 posts)orangecrush
(30,551 posts)JoseBalow
(9,541 posts)and she just told everyone she has secret information.
OldBaldy1701E
(11,222 posts)This might give her some protection as if she even gets a hangnail, everyone will be screaming at the orange shock troops and their leader. They will have to constantly prove that they did not do anything to her.
Because you know they are going to. Spoiled children are convinced that they are always right.
Until someone shows them that they are not.
Let's hope that day comes soon.
NH Ethylene
(31,365 posts)After all, he buried his ex wife on his property under suspicious circumstances and nobody dared investigate.
FakeNoose
(41,801 posts)I need to get up earlier, I'm missing all the good stuff....
Joinfortmill
(21,270 posts)Like Donald, Melania doesn't seem to know when to keep silent. The Epstein files must be really horrific. TickTock.
niyad
(132,769 posts)with couchhumper. WHY is this fucker part of an official delegation? Is orban in the trumpstein files???
ColoringFool
(755 posts)ALL other 1%ers, because at that level of wealth it's too often about two things: control of their populations, whether they're called "citizens" or "consumers"; and almost unimaginable decadence.
What we ARE to the Trumps, Putins, Bolsinaros, Andrew Windsors, Orbans, Casablancases, Gateses, and Epsteins of the world, is......
prey.
niyad
(132,769 posts)For Global Partnerships (oh, and also on the KENNEDY Center Board).
bdamomma
(69,572 posts)"It's a big club and we ain't in it!"
calimary
(90,193 posts)To borrow (and edit) a familiar phrase: I refuse to belong to any group that would have HIM as a member.
malaise
(296,535 posts)to Donvict and the other bosses?
AverageOldGuy
(3,935 posts)I'm a regular reader of the blog "Lawyers, Guns, and Money." Here's an excerpt from their article commenting on Melanoma's press conference.
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/04/why-is-melania-trump-suddenly-making-a-big-deal-about-the-fact-that-she-never-had-anything-at-all-to-do-with-jeffrey-epstein
Nobody, including the best-connected propagandists inside the right wing scream machine, had any explanation for this development. Mrs. Trump wasnt reacting to a new story, nor did it appear she was trying to get ahead of something that was about to break, although apparently theres a book coming out in Merrie Olde Ynglande next week about the pervert formerly known as Prince Andrew, which contains a quote from Epstein in 2007, in which he said he had carnal knowledge of Melania before she ever met Donald Trump. But that seems like a weird thing to bring more attention to via this inexplicable stunt.
So, as Nice Guy Eddie might put it, why doesnt somebody tells us whats really going on here?
Which brings us to Amanda Ungaro, a Brazilian former model, and apparently a long-standing close friend of Melania and her family.
Amanda was married to wealthy Trump supporter, Paolo Zampolli, who owned a modeling agency known for bringing in young women from Eastern Europe with dubious visa arrangements. Zampolli is rumored to have secured the original visa for young Melania. He is currently on the new Kennedy Center Board of Trustees.
Perhaps the report of a book coming out in England inspired Melanoma's press conference.
ColoringFool
(755 posts)yardwork
(69,397 posts)I wonder if this is the reason Trump dumped Bondi so quickly. She's deeply involved in the Epstein coverup and use of ICE as secret police.
https://bekahdayyy.substack.com/p/a-message-from-amanda-the-epstein
niyad
(132,769 posts)and all the other information out there about this.
yellow dahlia
(6,057 posts)malaise
(296,535 posts)I wonder if this is the reason Trump dumped Bondi so quickly.
yellow dahlia
(6,057 posts)sop
(18,760 posts)RockCreek
(1,480 posts)Hugin
(37,867 posts)The private citizen claim.
Also, Bondi is in tight with Alito. Probably more so than she is to Trump. Few mentions of that connection.
malaise
(296,535 posts)MorbidButterflyTat
(4,567 posts)And since when is ICE a secret?
eppur_se_muova
(42,013 posts)MorbidButterflyTat
(4,567 posts)We should know how many of them are January 6 convicted felons "pardoned" by Piggy.
I just don't think that's why Piggy ditched Bondi. He doesn't care!
bdamomma
(69,572 posts)thick as thieves as they say. Bondi needs to thrown in prison!!!!!!! along with many others!!!
yellow dahlia
(6,057 posts)democrank
(12,619 posts)There is always a thug involved or a creep or a lie or some cash or an underage female or something against the law or against our Constitution. There is always some unqualified person given a job or an award. Always an exaggeration, a false promise, a lack of historical facts. Always a payoff, a grift. Always racism or misogyny. Always degradation, mockery, bullying.
What a disgrace Trump is
.Trump, his family, his enablers, his supporters and all the cowardly Republicans in Congress and elsewhere.
PCIntern
(28,420 posts)Rec!!!
niyad
(132,769 posts)what the hell he was doing in an official delegation. And what is the deal with usha holding what looks like a bridal bouquet?
yorkster
(3,862 posts)This is the first I have seen of her in months.
in2herbs
(4,433 posts)niyad
(132,769 posts)niyad
(132,769 posts)little rounded. Not sure a peplum is quite the way to go, though.
spanone
(141,724 posts)blue-wave
(5,268 posts)The reason for that Melania presser/announcement has taken a turn I did not see coming. But the dawn does come.
Release all the Epstein files, unredacted.
Marie Marie
(11,351 posts)masses over to her side with her cryptic, broken English speech while lying through her teeth. You know, like Donald USED to be able to do - just lie and the stupid will believe you. She is not popular or even liked by the majority of Americans who see her as vapid, shallow and money hungry. And of course, it backfired spectacularly. These people live in a bubble where they are loved and supported.
Captain Zero
(8,919 posts)AZ8theist
(7,426 posts)..since he knows "words"....all the best words.....
dalton99a
(94,410 posts)TBF
(36,817 posts)ColoringFool
(755 posts)Clouds Passing
(8,012 posts)Attilatheblond
(8,976 posts)Wow, no wonder the walking hat got her knickers in a twist. And here I thought she just went off the handle because Barron was being teased at school.
oregonjen
(3,646 posts)You know, mob boss tactics
TygrBright
(21,371 posts)joanbarnes
(2,124 posts)flashman13
(2,441 posts)Oppaloopa
(962 posts)MorbidButterflyTat
(4,567 posts)Publicly claiming knowledge of crimes and threatening to expose them means jackshit. Spill it already!
So sick of crap like this!
halobeam
(5,098 posts)Once again I wonder why they think it's better to be quiet when apparently hiding in safety. Do they think it's safer just to threaten them? Why say anything?!
Isn't there one person with real info, willing to take down power for the greater good instead of only thinking of themselves?
I guess these are just rhetorical questions, the answers are obvious.
SO frustrating.
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,567 posts)I like your tulip.
LeftInTX
(34,450 posts)This is juicy stuff.....
Trump: "I barely knew him"....