The Little town in Slovenia where Melania Trump grew up is basking in the glow of her impending role as America’s First Lady and hoping fervently for a visit from the former glamour model and her billionaire tycoon husband.
But while the humans of sevnica are proud that one of their personal is to come to be the first foreign-born First Lady given that louisa adams, the london-born spouse of john quincy adams, who turned into president in the 1820s, they seem much less enthused about the election of donald trump.
status subsequent to one of the american flags that now festoon the small town on the sava river, srecko ocvirk, the mayor, informed reporters: it’s a tribute simply to melania i'd not have voted for her husband.
nena bedek, a chum who studied with the future mrs trump in ljubljana, slovenia’s capital, said: she’s now the maximum essential female within the international. i’m glad for her, although less so for the victory of her husband.
no matter their misgivings approximately the bombastic president-opt for, the 6,000 population of sevnica are keen that the trumps visit, although they understand that they'll need to be patient.
there are four years beforehand folks and the government is pushing for an respectable visit, the mayor stated. melania’s mother, amalija, has promised me that her daughter will go back in non-public, to fulfill up with her household and childhood buddies.
mrs trump, forty six, became born melanija knavs within the metropolis in japanese slovenia in 1970, whilst slovenia become a part of communist yugoslavia below tito. she later modified her surname to the more german-sounding knauss, before turning into mr trump’s 1/3 wife in 2005.
she grew up in modest occasions – her mother worked in a manufacturing facility producing kids’s clothes, even as her father viktor bought vehicle elements. the circle of relatives to start with lived in an condominium block but later moved to a -storey residence close to the sava river, on the edge of the metropolis.
she left sevnica, which has an appealing ancient centre and castle, as soon as she may want to, forging a profession as a model, first in milan and then within the us.
maja kosmeri, a youth pal, told the italian newspaper la repubblica: as young ladies, we’d concentrate to western pop track. at some point melania became dancing to a song by boy george and he or she stated to me ‘as soon as i will, i’m getting out of this vicinity’.
mirjana jelancic, a neighbour all through youth who's now headmistress of melania's antique primary college, said: “while a baby, melania became creative. sevnica become too small for her.”
roman dolensek, a nearby man, said: she reinvented herself she became subtle, with best english. without her, trump might in no way have overwhelmed hillary clinton or turn out to be president.
melania met mr trump at a fashion week celebration in the big apple in september 1998, whilst he was separated from his 2d wife, marla marples. they got married in florida in 2005. a yr later, she gave start to their son, barron. in the equal year, she have become an american citizen.
locals wish that their association with the trumps will appeal to more vacationers to a city that till recently was slightly regarded to slovenes, let alone foreigners. the global attention is high quality because sevnica is developing into a tourist vacation spot, the mayor said.
status subsequent to one of the american flags that now festoon the small town on the sava river, srecko ocvirk, the mayor, informed reporters: it’s a tribute simply to melania i'd not have voted for her husband.
nena bedek, a chum who studied with the future mrs trump in ljubljana, slovenia’s capital, said: she’s now the maximum essential female within the international. i’m glad for her, although less so for the victory of her husband.
no matter their misgivings approximately the bombastic president-opt for, the 6,000 population of sevnica are keen that the trumps visit, although they understand that they'll need to be patient.
there are four years beforehand folks and the government is pushing for an respectable visit, the mayor stated. melania’s mother, amalija, has promised me that her daughter will go back in non-public, to fulfill up with her household and childhood buddies.
mrs trump, forty six, became born melanija knavs within the metropolis in japanese slovenia in 1970, whilst slovenia become a part of communist yugoslavia below tito. she later modified her surname to the more german-sounding knauss, before turning into mr trump’s 1/3 wife in 2005.
she grew up in modest occasions – her mother worked in a manufacturing facility producing kids’s clothes, even as her father viktor bought vehicle elements. the circle of relatives to start with lived in an condominium block but later moved to a -storey residence close to the sava river, on the edge of the metropolis.
she left sevnica, which has an appealing ancient centre and castle, as soon as she may want to, forging a profession as a model, first in milan and then within the us.
maja kosmeri, a youth pal, told the italian newspaper la repubblica: as young ladies, we’d concentrate to western pop track. at some point melania became dancing to a song by boy george and he or she stated to me ‘as soon as i will, i’m getting out of this vicinity’.
mirjana jelancic, a neighbour all through youth who's now headmistress of melania's antique primary college, said: “while a baby, melania became creative. sevnica become too small for her.”
roman dolensek, a nearby man, said: she reinvented herself she became subtle, with best english. without her, trump might in no way have overwhelmed hillary clinton or turn out to be president.
melania met mr trump at a fashion week celebration in the big apple in september 1998, whilst he was separated from his 2d wife, marla marples. they got married in florida in 2005. a yr later, she gave start to their son, barron. in the equal year, she have become an american citizen.
locals wish that their association with the trumps will appeal to more vacationers to a city that till recently was slightly regarded to slovenes, let alone foreigners. the global attention is high quality because sevnica is developing into a tourist vacation spot, the mayor said.