He's been a respected scout leader, little league coach and all-round pillar of the community for nearly three decades.

And yet retiree John Nadler now finds himself a virtual outcast - all because he's the only person in Hillary Clinton's hometown to throw his weight behind Donald Trump.

The married father-of-three lives about a mile away from the Clintons in the upscale New York hamlet of Chappaqua, a haven for well-heeled financiers, lawyers and liberals.

But while the majority of its 1,400 residents were firmly 'with her', John, 63, dared to wear his Trump hats and t-shirts around town to preach The Donald's mantra of 'Make America Great Again'.

Clintonites in Chappaqua weren't particularly fond of the dozen or so bumper stickers plastered on his 2002 Chevy Tahoe, one of which reads 'Liar, Liar Pantsuit on Fire!'

He says loyal Clintonites didn't take kindly to his 'betrayal' - giving him strange looks, cutting him dead in the street and posting vicious abuse on his Facebook page.

And they weren't particularly fond of the dozen or so bumper stickers plastered on his 2002 Chevy Tahoe, one of which reads 'Liar, Liar Pantsuit on Fire!'

That didn't stop John from backing his candidate all the way to Election Day and even throwing a party at the weekend to celebrate Trump's unlikely victory.

'In Chappaqua it's either Hillary or it's nothing,' he told DailyMail.com. 'I felt like I was in the trenches going to war.

'Everyone would give me looks, I mean the whole town. They would look at me like "why the heck are you here, how dare you support Donald Trump?"

'I may have been the loneliest Trump supporter in America but now they are the lonely ones - the Hillary losers.'

John, who spent four decades in the construction business before retiring this year because of an injury, feels a special affinity with real estate mogul Trump.

Hillary, says John, is 'evil and mysterious,' although John is full of praise for her husband Bill, whom he frequently sees around town

'I've lived in this town 28 years and there are acquaintances that won't nod or raise their head when I pass them in the street,' he told DailyMail.com

John's Trump bumper stickers, one of which was defaced to read 'Donald Dump'

He's followed Trump's career since the 1970s, watched every episode of The Apprentice and reckons the President Elect has the gravitas to slash bureaucracy and boost the middle classes.

Hillary, by contrast, is 'evil and mysterious,' although John is full of praise for her husband Bill, whom he frequently sees around town.

'He's very engaging, he looks right at you,' said John. 'He's the sort of guy you can have a beer with or you can talk to for half an hour.

'I used to say he could charm the pants off a snake. As for Hillary, cold as a fish.'

John - a native of the Bronx, New York City, who moved to Chappaqua in 1988 - comes from a staunchly Democrat family but has voted Republican since the 1970s.

His political affiliations have never brought him into open confrontation with his lib-leaning neighbors but the battle lines were drawn when Trump announced his candidacy in June last year.

With placards springing up on lawns and communal spaces across town in support of local favorite Hillary, John decided to break cover and declare for Trump.

He put up his own signs, climbing a 12ft ladder to attach one so high up a telegraph pole that nobody could reach to pull it down.

An American Flag hangs over the old Chappaqua train station

'I put another one up where the Clintons would see it on their way to vote,' chuckled John. 'I just wanted to stick it to them a little.

'I was the only person in Chappaqua who was vocal for Trump. I wanted people to realize they had a choice.'

Then there was the obligatory 'Make America Great Again' hats in three different color schemes, the 'Crooked Hillary for Prison' shirt and Trump bumper stickers, one of which was defaced to read 'Donald Dump'.

The customization didn't go down especially well with John's wife Maria, 59, a high school reading teacher, and the youngest of their three sons, Stephen, 17, a Bernie Sanders enthusiast who refused to drive it.

Undeterred, John wore his Trump getup to Chappaqua's Memorial Day Parade, where he waived aloft his Trump banner in front of the Clintons' security entourage and badgered another local Democratic Party dignitary, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

He also created a Facebook page entitled 'Neighbors of Hillary Clinton in Chappaqua for Donald Trump for President,' though in most cases 'neighbors' meant the neighboring town or state.

John says he's never frequented the sorts of fashionable dinner parties or upscale boutiques where you might spot the Clintons, who purchased their $1.7million Chappaqua mansion in 1999.

But having volunteered with the boy scouts, coached little league, tackle football and led the town's third grade soccer team, the Green Gators, to their first championship, he's a little wounded to find himself a persona non grata.

'I've lived in this town 28 years and there are acquaintances that won't nod or raise their head when I pass them in the street,' he told DailyMail.com.

'People posted some seriously foul language on Facebook; someone wrote "I hope you die".

'That just made me all the more determined. A few people did tell me in confidence they supported Trump but nobody wanted to come out and say it.'

That was perhaps understandable given that Chappaqua is located in the Democratic stronghold of Rochester County, where the party's followers outnumber Republicans two to one.

Chappaqua is located in the Democratic stronghold of Rochester County, where the party's followers outnumber Republicans two to one

With placards springing up on lawns and communal spaces across town in support of local favorite Hillary, John decided to break cover and declare for Trump.

Nonetheless, some 32 percent of the electorate did opt for Trump/Pence and when John threw his celebratory gathering Saturday night he joked it was a 'coming out' party for the billionaire's bashful supporters.

Even as the guests mingled inside, someone snuck up the driveway and tore down a Trump poster that was pinned to his house.

But John says he has no wish to antagonize his friends and neighbors; just to do what he feels is right for the country.

'I had to do whatever I could do to help Trump win for my wife and my three boys,' he added. 'I was afraid that America was not going to be what it's been for the last 240 years with Hillary.

'Donald Trump is a motivator, a negotiator and he has the persona to get things done. Who cares about the Trump steaks and his Trump wines, this guy hits home runs.

'He's already done the impossible and he's going to be great for this country.'



