Thousands eager to escape Trump keen to snap up €1 Sardinian home, says mayor

American applications would be fast-tracked although scheme is open to other nationalities, says mayor of Ollolai

The mayor of a small town in Sardinia has said thousands of Americans keen to escape Donald Trump have expressed an interest in moving there after he offered homes to them for as little as 1.

Francesco Columbu, the mayor of Ollolai, has held similarly enticing initiatives in the past as a way to combat depopulation, but released more homes for sale after sensing he was on to winner when Trump clinched a second term as US president in elections earlier this month.