这些信息为外界一窥政府内部的人际冲突提供了一个窗口。美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的两名高级任命官员（其中包括副国务卿）陷入了一场持续数月的争端，其中包含关于向媒体泄密的指控以及关于诽谤的“离奇”威胁——这一切都源于有时包含十多名政府官员的电子邮件。
The messages offer a window into interpersonal conflicts within the administration. 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.
根据《政治报》获取的邮件内容，这场冲突围绕着特朗普的个人好友、国务院特使保罗·赞波利与副国务卿克里斯托弗·兰道展开。这些邮件跨度近一年，显示赞波利与兰道在指挥链问题上意见不一，兰道告诫赞波利坚守其在文化问题上的职责范围，但争端最终升级为激烈的争吵和未经证实的指控。
The conflict centers on Paolo Zampolli, a personal friend of Trump’s and a special envoy at the State Department, and Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, according to the messages obtained by POLITICO. The emails stretch over almost a year and show Zampolli and Landau disagreeing over chains of command as Landau admonishes Zampolli to stick to his remit on cultural issues — but devolve into bitter arguments and unproven allegations.
这些邮件之所以引人注目，不仅是因为其中的个人恶毒言辞，还因为有时有多达16名政府官员被抄送在邮件链中，且该争端至少有一次蔓延至与一名高级外国官员的沟通中，为外界了解国务院就明显违反外交礼仪的事宜向盟友进行的微妙幕后暗中交涉打开了一个窗口。
The messages stand out not just for the personal vitriol but because upward of 16 administration officials were included at times on the email chains, with the dispute at least once spilling over into communications with a top foreign official, opening a window into delicate State Department back-channeling to allies about apparent violations of diplomatic protocol.
兰道在2025年11月14日的一封邮件中写道：“我特此再次命令你——立即停止所有与文化外交没有直接联系的任何问题的工作，包括你在最近的电子邮件中提到的每一个问题。”赞波利收到了这封邮件。
“I am hereby ordering you–once again–to immediately stop all work on ANY issues not directly tied to cultural diplomacy, including every one of the issues you mentioned in your recent emails,” Landau wrote to Zampolli in one email from Nov. 14, 2025.