A Nasty Email Fight Between Two Top Trump Appointees
Landau told Paolo Zampolli he had no authority on foreign policy and warned of discipline, dismissal and legal liability in a months-long dispute.
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Trump administration chaos laid bare in explosive new leaked emails
Leaks expose the chaos within President Donald Trump's administration, particularly a bitter internal State Department dispute that escalated from petty arguments about diplomatic authority into accusations of misconduct, media leaks, and threats of dismissal, according to emails obtained by POLITICO.The clash is primarily between Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Paolo Zampolli, a longtime Trump friend who once represented Melani…
Two Trump appointees at each others' throats in monthslong 'cartoonish' fight: report
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Paolo Zampolli, a friend of President Donald Trump who serves as a State Department special envoy, have clashed for months over email, with up to 16 administration officials copied at times, according to messages obtained by Politico.Landau, who directly supervised Zampolli until July, has pushed him to stick to cultural diplomacy. In a November 2025 email, he told Zampolli he had “no authority to…
A Nasty Email Fight Between Two Top Trump Appointees
“Two top appointees of President Donald Trump, including the deputy secretary of State, have been embroiled in a monthslong fight that include accusations of leaks to the media and ‘bizarre’ threats of defamation — all over emails that at times included more than a dozen administration officials,” Politico reports. ”The conflict centers on Paolo Zampolli, […]
The conflict between two senior officials in US President Donald Trump's administration has escalated into a serious internal dispute, marked by mutual accusations, threats of investigations and disagreements over official authority. According to POLITICO, at the center of the conflict are Paolo Zampolli, Trump's longtime friend and special envoy to the State Department, and Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau. One of the points of cont…
A New Conflict in the Trump Administration: The Quarrel Between Officials Started with a Visit to RS
The visit to Republika Srpska is one of the reasons for the fierce conflict within the Trump administration, and the center of attention is US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and State Department special envoy Paolo Zampolli.
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