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Trump baby blimp is back, could be even bigger for UK visit

Steven Adams
| Tuesday, April 23, 2019 3:13 p.m.
Simon Dawson | Reuters
People inflate a helium filled Donald Trump blimp in London, Britain, June 26, 2018.

The balloon that depicted Donald Trump in a diaper during protests against his visit to the United Kingdom in July will return in June.

The Donald Trump baby blimp will fly again during Trump’s three-day state visit in the first week of June and could be joined by an even larger version, reports The Guardian.

Leo Murray, who helped crowdfund the original 18-foot-high balloon, told The Guardian: “The Trump baby will definitely fly again.”

Protesters are considering a hot air balloon, five times the size of the mini blimp, which would also depict Trump as a wailing baby in a diaper, The Guardian reports.

Trump baby blimp back and could be even bigger for UK state visit https://t.co/0SQYzFDgS8

— The Guardian (@guardian) April 23, 2019

They estimate the larger balloon would cost £70,000 and permission to fly is not guaranteed.

Britain in June.A lovely time of year for a Trump Baby Blimp Festival. pic.twitter.com/EiZNbPfQB2

— Steve Redmond (@sjredmond) April 23, 2019

“We do have the baby blimp – it will fly and we’re also thinking about the option of making a bigger baby blimp. Logistics are the only consideration,” Asad Rehman, of War on Want and the Stop Trump Coalition, told The Guardian.

Trump 2: The Return of the Orange Baby pic.twitter.com/Ae6jrTFbFg

— mike smith (@mikesmith559) April 23, 2019

“We are very confident there will be more than a quarter of a million protesters. Trump’s visit last year mobilized a large number of people, but a year later the man has done more to rip up human rights, step back from international norms, continued his climate denialism and fuelled white nationalism,” he told The Guardian.


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