As supporters of Donald Trump across the US cheered the billionaire’s unlikely ascent to the White House, residents of a tiny Slovenian town were rooting for someone else: his wife, Melania.

The 5,000 people in Sevnica — birthplace of the 46-year-old first lady-in-waiting — on Wednesday savored Trump’s shocking win as a likely boon for the local economy.

The remote town in the foothills of the Alps is now squarely on the international map as a result of her husband’s victory over Hillary Clinton.

“The global attention is positive because Sevnica is developing into a tourist destination,” Mayor Srecko Ocvirk told Reuters.

Every household in town was glued to a TV late Tuesday as votes were tallied until Trump was declared the winner in an explosion of euphoria among the residents.

American flags fluttered in local watering holes, as customers, including Melania’s childhood friend Mirjana Jelancic, described the former Melania Knavs as a kind person and a good friend.



Asked if she wanted her friend to win, she told Central European News: “If that’s what she wants, I’ll be glad if she succeeds.”

Melania will be the second foreign-born first lady and first non-native English speaker. Sixth President John Quincy Adams’s wife, Louisa, was born in England.

She also is not the first model married to a president — Betty Ford and Pat Nixon also held that distinction — but Melania will be the first lady to have posed naked, having done so in Max magazine in 1996.

Despite being admired for her low-key demeanor and career path, she entered the GOP convention as the least-liked potential first lady since at least 1992, according to a Gallup poll.

She was mocked when she delivered a speech that was partly plagiarized from first lady Michelle Obama, as well as being called hypocritical for decrying online bullying — one of her hubby’s hallmarks during the campaign.

But the denizens of Sevnica ignored her various missteps and focused on her time in the town and her path to the White House.

“Even as a child, Melania was creative, innovative, and Sevnica was too small for her,” said Jelancic, a headmistress of Melania’s elementary school.

“She was reserved and when I heard that Donald was running, I said (to myself) this will be hard for her. She never wanted to be in the spotlight,” Jelancic told Reuters. “She was excellent at her job (in the campaign).”

The head of the town’s health center, which received a donation from Melania when she was pregnant with her son Barron in 2005, said she believed Melania will shine as first lady.

“Melania will be an excellent first lady who will take Slovenian values of generosity, loyalty and trust to the United States and the world,” Vladimira Tomsic said.

Meanwhile, Ocvirk said local eateries are whipping up a sweet tribute: a new dessert known simply as “Melania.”