c/news · by NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca · 41d

As Trump Scraps With Meloni, His Envoy to Italy Is at Sea

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/world/europe/tilman-fertitta-superyacht-italy-ambassador.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ylA.T8_A.OJD1988YbMhh

My favorite part:

“People love successful people. Everybody wants to be successful. And anybody who says they don’t is just lying to you.”

The way Mr. Fertitta sees it, giving Italians a glimpse of how the 0.1 percent live helps to make the kind of people-to-people connections that ambassadors are supposed to foster

How do I get paid to go on vacation?

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redlemace@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 41d (1 reply)

Everybody wants to be successful

sooooo true!! the question is : successful in/with WHAT ! Successful is no the same as being rich

tate@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 41d

It's almost like that's the definition. If you don't want it, it isn't success to you.

A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 7 pts · 41d

“How many people ever get to come on a boat like this?” Mr. Fertitta said of Boardwalk, the sixth yacht that he has given that name. “People love successful people. Everybody wants to be successful. And anybody who says they don’t is just lying to you.”

The way Mr. Fertitta sees it, giving Italians a glimpse of how the 0.1 percent live helps to make the kind of people-to-people connections that ambassadors are supposed to foster.

No, he's not being sarcastic. He's not joking. He actually means it. I'm speechless.