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demmiblue

(39,789 posts)
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 07:26 AM Friday

Amanda Ungaro on X: Hello Melania, I was around you for 20 years.... Because I will expose everything I know.

Hello Melania, I was around you for 20 years. You knew I was inside ICE, and you know what hurts after all this time? I stayed close to your family — your mother and your father — not because of you, but because of them, at
events and everything else.

So shut your mouth when speaking about me.

Because I will expose everything I know.

Follow this thread.

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.

1/2

Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) 2026-04-10T06:53:48.979Z

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.

Zampolli also allegedly represented Melania when she was a model...

Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) 2026-04-10T06:55:13.852Z

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Amanda Ungaro on X: Hello Melania, I was around you for 20 years.... Because I will expose everything I know. (Original Post) demmiblue Friday OP
Oh, yeah, things are going to get interesting! Hope she takes precautions, tho Maeve Friday #1
I Wonder If She & The 🍊 💩. Had A "Disagreement"? WiVoter Friday #44
She self-deported to Brazil last year. LeftInTX Friday #51
she was arrested and deported Jean-Luc Friday #53
I read that she eventually self-deported. The reason it matters: She is probably safe Brazil. LeftInTX Friday #54
according to what she wrote, she had no money, no phone, no credit cards, & no clothes other than orleans Saturday #82
The government pays you $2,600. You give up your appeals LeftInTX Saturday #87
She did not self deport. She was forced out. The evil piece of crap father of her child asked trump to deport her Trueblue1968 Saturday #80
Certainly an interesting development worth watching newdeal2 Friday #2
... orangecrush Friday #11
Maybe Oliver Stone's looking for a new project? sop Friday #27
Bazinga! yellow dahlia Friday #63
More connections to the Trump administration: demmiblue Friday #3
What the fuck is Zampolli doing there?! SunSeeker Friday #70
Providing lollipops to the entertainment. rubbersole Friday #71
It's a serious question. SunSeeker Friday #72
He was more than that Lifeafter70 Saturday #78
Paolo Zampolli and Amanda Ungaro were never UN ambassadors. SunSeeker Saturday #81
It is my understanding they both worked for the UN Lifeafter70 Saturday #83
That's very different than being our UN ambassadors. SunSeeker Saturday #84
I agree Lifeafter70 Saturday #86
There is a Bollywood actress who is a UN Hygiene Ambassador. LeftInTX Saturday #88
That's what I say!!! Oh well, he's exposing Trump LeftInTX Friday #75
Exposing Trump is literally the only useful thing that scumbag is capable of doing. nt SunSeeker Friday #76
Whoa - that lady could have a bestselling book. Vinca Friday #4
I hope she has already videotaped her recounting of the story. TheRickles Friday #5
Ah! So this is what brings Trump down Baitball Blogger Friday #6
She was deported to Brazil malaise Friday #7
Yes, I corrected. Baitball Blogger Friday #8
KNR and bookmarking for later. I need coffee. niyad Friday #9
... orangecrush Friday #10
So she knows something she's not telling JoseBalow Friday #12
Well, that can work both ways. OldBaldy1701E Friday #15
She shouldn't count on that. NH Ethylene Friday #28
Oh, I wouldn't count on it either. OldBaldy1701E Saturday #90
K & R Lots to read here! FakeNoose Friday #13
It's getting real, people... Joinfortmill Friday #14
And just an added tidbit. .that fucker zampolli was (is?) in Hungary niyad Friday #16
Most Likely Orban Is. Putin To Epstein To Trump To..... ColoringFool Friday #31
And I learned that scum zampolli is "US Special Envoy/Representative niyad Friday #33
As Carlin said bdamomma Friday #42
Fine with me! calimary Friday #69
Watching every move Vance makes and reporting back malaise Friday #40
Yep Lifeafter70 Saturday #89
WAIT -- THERE'S MORE AverageOldGuy Friday #17
There Is An Error: Zampolli and Ungaro Were Never Married. ColoringFool Friday #35
I followed some links to this Substack post - Pam Bondi is all over this. yardwork Friday #18
I need more coffee. .forget that, I need a DRINK to get through all that substack niyad Friday #22
I keep saying to Mr. Dahlia - at least I haven't started day drinking...yet. yellow dahlia Friday #66
Hmmmmmmm malaise Friday #25
The dots are finding each - to connect. yellow dahlia Friday #67
That substack post is a must read. sop Friday #32
Agree. Deserves its own post if it doesn't have one already. RockCreek Friday #50
Holy crap, yes. TommyT139 Saturday #93
The firing of Bondi may have been a hamfisted means to try to keep her from having to testify. Hugin Friday #47
Word is that Alito has health issues n/t malaise Friday #68
Um, isn't Piggy deeply involved in the Epstein coverup and use of ICE as secret police? MorbidButterflyTat Friday #57
ICE's source of authority, its orders, and its restrictions -- if any -- are secret. nt eppur_se_muova Friday #58
Thanks MorbidButterflyTat Friday #74
Very interesting bdamomma Friday #59
Curiouser and curiouser. yellow dahlia Friday #65
One thing you can count on with a Trump story democrank Friday #19
Never have I heard it described better. PCIntern Friday #23
US Special Envoy for Global Partnerships paolo zampolli. I wondered niyad Friday #20
Budapest Airport arrival bouquet for beeg shots... yorkster Friday #30
weird niyad Friday #34
Usha is due in mid-late July. Does she look pregnant? nt in2herbs Friday #41
Dear Goddess, I had forgotten about the "band-aid baby". niyad Friday #43
I just looked att the video of her coming off the plane, she looks a niyad Friday #45
She's probably emphasizing her pregnancy TommyT139 Saturday #91
That makes sense. niyad Saturday #92
K&R spanone Friday #21
Well, well, well blue-wave Friday #24
Isn't it adorable that she thought she could come out and control the narrative and sway the Marie Marie Friday #60
Mel can't pronounce 'trivial' either. Captain Zero Friday #64
Maybe her husband can home school her.... AZ8theist Saturday #79
Kick dalton99a Friday #26
Nice -- TBF Friday #29
I Think "Melania The Movie" Will Need Re-Packaging As FICTION. ColoringFool Friday #36
Air it out people! Clouds Passing Friday #37
Kick for the later arrivals Attilatheblond Friday #38
Perhaps the violent video he posted of a woman being unalived was a threat to this woman? oregonjen Friday #39
Amanda, stay out of small planes, stay away from windows, drink only from unopened containers... n/t TygrBright Friday #46
....hope she is not the next to 'commit suicide.' joanbarnes Friday #48
So spill the beans already - today. flashman13 Friday #49
WOW Oppaloopa Friday #52
So expose everything you know MorbidButterflyTat Friday #55
So sick of it too. All the "I know what you did" ... halobeam Friday #62
Agreed!! MorbidButterflyTat Friday #73
I guess Paolo Zampolli's days in the Trump adminstration are numbered? LeftInTX Friday #56
Well, he did bring in coffee that time, maybe.... FoxNewsSucks Friday #61
why don't they just expose everything they know Skittles Friday #77
Pass the popcorn... GoodRaisin Saturday #85
An attorney says she downloaded posts that Melania thought she had deleted from x spooky3 Saturday #94

Maeve

(43,466 posts)
1. Oh, yeah, things are going to get interesting! Hope she takes precautions, tho
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 07:29 AM
Friday

Stay away from upper story windows, careful around stairs...that sort of thing

LeftInTX

(34,507 posts)
54. I read that she eventually self-deported. The reason it matters: She is probably safe Brazil.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 03:18 PM
Friday

orleans

(36,999 posts)
82. according to what she wrote, she had no money, no phone, no credit cards, & no clothes other than
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 03:01 AM
Saturday

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

LeftInTX

(34,507 posts)
87. The government pays you $2,600. You give up your appeals
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 04:52 AM
Saturday

You can also self-deport if you do not have deportation orders and you can self-deport if you have final removal orders.

https://www.dhs.gov/cbphome

The reason I mentioned this is because she is safe in Brazil, it's not like she is facing danger there or had fear of returning to Brazil.

Trueblue1968

(19,267 posts)
80. She did not self deport. She was forced out. The evil piece of crap father of her child asked trump to deport her
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 02:24 AM
Saturday

newdeal2

(5,483 posts)
2. Certainly an interesting development worth watching
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 07:36 AM
Friday

This is the Melania movie we all wanted and deserved.

demmiblue

(39,789 posts)
3. More connections to the Trump administration:
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 07:40 AM
Friday

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

(58,327 posts)
72. It's a serious question.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:39 PM
Friday

Google describes him as “a former modeling agent” who “frequently highlights his close relationship with the Trump administration on social media.”

Lifeafter70

(1,063 posts)
78. He was more than that
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 12:41 AM
Saturday

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

(58,327 posts)
81. Paolo Zampolli and Amanda Ungaro were never UN ambassadors.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 02:51 AM
Saturday

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

(1,063 posts)
83. It is my understanding they both worked for the UN
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 03:19 AM
Saturday

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

(58,327 posts)
84. That's very different than being our UN ambassadors.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 03:29 AM
Saturday

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

(1,063 posts)
86. I agree
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 03:40 AM
Saturday

But I think he used those appointments to his advantage. They were there for quite some time.

LeftInTX

(34,507 posts)
88. There is a Bollywood actress who is a UN Hygiene Ambassador.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:04 AM
Saturday

I don't think the US has a hygiene amabassador, but India does. She pairs with Unilever on this project.

New Delhi:Bollywood actress and mother of two, Kajol, will petition for the cause of handwashing with soap at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) week in New York.

She will be present at a series of UN events in New York from September 23-25 as the hand washing ambassador and advocate of a soap brand's 'Help a Child Reach 5' campaign. She will appeal to policymakers and governments to scale up hand washing with soap programs to achieve development goals to reduce child mortality.

TheRickles

(3,424 posts)
5. I hope she has already videotaped her recounting of the story.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 07:46 AM
Friday

Along with the threat to have it released if something should happen to her - a dead woman's switch.

Baitball Blogger

(52,461 posts)
6. Ah! So this is what brings Trump down
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 07:48 AM
Friday

He never thinks this through. I hope someone protects that woman.

JoseBalow

(9,551 posts)
12. So she knows something she's not telling
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:22 AM
Friday

and she just told everyone she has secret information.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,247 posts)
15. Well, that can work both ways.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:34 AM
Friday

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

(31,369 posts)
28. She shouldn't count on that.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 09:49 AM
Friday

After all, he buried his ex wife on his property under suspicious circumstances and nobody dared investigate.

Joinfortmill

(21,295 posts)
14. It's getting real, people...
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:34 AM
Friday

Like Donald, Melania doesn't seem to know when to keep silent. The Epstein files must be really horrific. TickTock.

niyad

(132,865 posts)
16. And just an added tidbit. .that fucker zampolli was (is?) in Hungary
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:42 AM
Friday

with couchhumper. WHY is this fucker part of an official delegation? Is orban in the trumpstein files???

ColoringFool

(772 posts)
31. Most Likely Orban Is. Putin To Epstein To Trump To.....
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 09:57 AM
Friday

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

(132,865 posts)
33. And I learned that scum zampolli is "US Special Envoy/Representative
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 10:01 AM
Friday

For Global Partnerships (oh, and also on the KENNEDY Center Board).

calimary

(90,243 posts)
69. Fine with me!
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 06:39 PM
Friday

To borrow (and edit) a familiar phrase: “I refuse to belong to any group that would have HIM as a member.”

Lifeafter70

(1,063 posts)
89. Yep
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:24 AM
Saturday

He is a friend like epstein was. They were pals who "enjoyed wonderful secrets'

Abusing young girls.

AverageOldGuy

(3,962 posts)
17. WAIT -- THERE'S MORE
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:45 AM
Friday

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

Amid all the rest of the madness, the first lady of the evening held a press conference completely out of the blue yesterday, at which she robotically stumbled through a statement in which she claimed not to have ever had any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. She attacked the very many stories linking her to Epstein (if there were a photo of myself while obviously eight miles high, posing for the cameras with Epstein and his procuress at a high-profile public event, I would make it a policy not to speak of the whole subject unless under subpoena, but whatever), denied she had been victimized by Epstein or that he had introduced her to her current husband, and, most curiously, called for public hearings for Epstein’s victims.

Nobody, including the best-connected propagandists inside the right wing scream machine, had any explanation for this development. Mrs. Trump wasn’t reacting to a new story, nor did it appear she was trying to get ahead of something that was about to break, although apparently there’s 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 doesn’t somebody tells us what’s 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.

yardwork

(69,421 posts)
18. I followed some links to this Substack post - Pam Bondi is all over this.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:47 AM
Friday

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

(132,865 posts)
22. I need more coffee. .forget that, I need a DRINK to get through all that substack
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 09:15 AM
Friday

and all the other information out there about this.

Hugin

(37,875 posts)
47. The firing of Bondi may have been a hamfisted means to try to keep her from having to testify.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 01:48 PM
Friday

The private citizen claim.

Also, Bondi is in tight with Alito. Probably more so than she is to Trump. Few mentions of that connection.

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,585 posts)
57. Um, isn't Piggy deeply involved in the Epstein coverup and use of ICE as secret police?
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 03:57 PM
Friday

And since when is ICE a secret?

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,585 posts)
74. Thanks
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 11:11 PM
Friday

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)
59. Very interesting
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 04:54 PM
Friday

thick as thieves as they say. Bondi needs to thrown in prison!!!!!!! along with many others!!!

democrank

(12,623 posts)
19. One thing you can count on with a Trump story
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:48 AM
Friday

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.

niyad

(132,865 posts)
20. US Special Envoy for Global Partnerships paolo zampolli. I wondered
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 09:05 AM
Friday

what the hell he was doing in an official delegation. And what is the deal with usha holding what looks like a bridal bouquet?

niyad

(132,865 posts)
45. I just looked att the video of her coming off the plane, she looks a
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 01:17 PM
Friday

little rounded. Not sure a peplum is quite the way to go, though.

TommyT139

(2,381 posts)
91. She's probably emphasizing her pregnancy
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 01:12 PM
Saturday

Hungary has the same obsession with birth rates. And given that Orban is pushing a form of Christian nationalism, Usha Vance may also be trying to limit any criticism of her not being Christian.

blue-wave

(5,311 posts)
24. Well, well, well
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 09:36 AM
Friday

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

(11,355 posts)
60. Isn't it adorable that she thought she could come out and control the narrative and sway the
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 05:16 PM
Friday

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.

AZ8theist

(7,428 posts)
79. Maybe her husband can home school her....
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 01:43 AM
Saturday

..since he knows "words"....all the best words.....

Attilatheblond

(8,988 posts)
38. Kick for the later arrivals
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 10:17 AM
Friday

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

(3,647 posts)
39. Perhaps the violent video he posted of a woman being unalived was a threat to this woman?
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 10:37 AM
Friday

You know, mob boss tactics…

TygrBright

(21,371 posts)
46. Amanda, stay out of small planes, stay away from windows, drink only from unopened containers... n/t
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 01:37 PM
Friday

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,585 posts)
55. So expose everything you know
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 03:49 PM
Friday

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)
62. So sick of it too. All the "I know what you did" ...
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 05:21 PM
Friday

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.

LeftInTX

(34,507 posts)
56. I guess Paolo Zampolli's days in the Trump adminstration are numbered?
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 03:53 PM
Friday

This is juicy stuff.....

Trump: "I barely knew him"....

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