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Longtime Trump pal fired from admin over 'bizarre' feud
What happened
AlterNet reports that the State Department fired Paolo Zampolli, a longtime friend of President Donald Trump, on Thursday after Politico exposed his monthslong feud with Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau. A U.S. official told ABC reporter Shannon Kingston that Zampolli’s envoy status had been terminated and that he was no longer a government employee.
Emails obtained by Politico reportedly show Landau repeatedly ordering Zampolli to remain within his cultural-diplomacy remit. Zampolli had publicized contacts involving Romanian energy policy, Hungarian nuclear issues…
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