Giant Trump Baby blimp flies over London and it's making Donald feel 'unwelcome'
For those of you fortunate enough to have missed it, it behooves us to inform you that Donald Trump is in town. London town, to be precise.
But, his visit coincides with that of another, errr, arrival — Baby Trump, a giant helium-filled six-metre (19.7ft) high blimp of Donald Trump wearing a nappy.
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A man named Leo Murray announced in June that he had procured the oversized baby blimp and wanted to fly the thing over parliament on 13 July to protest Trump's official visit to the UK.
"Donald Trump is a big, angry baby with a fragile ego," wrote Murray in a petition arguing the case for the blimp.
"He's also a racist demagogue who is a danger to women, immigrants and minorities and a mortal threat to world peace and the very future of life on earth," Murray added. "Moral outrage is water off a duck’s back to Trump, but he really seems to hate it when people make fun of him."
10K people backed the Trump Baby petition, which asked London's mayor Sadiq Khan to give permission to let the blimp soar in the sky.
Permission was granted by Khan and on the morning of the 13 July, Baby Trump went up in the air to hover over London.
So, how does the man himself feel about his likeness flying over London? Donald Trump told The Sun that the blimp makes him feel like he's not welcome here. Pretty accurate, tbh.
"I guess when they put out blimps to make me feel unwelcome, no reason for me to go to London," Trump told The Sun.
"I used to love London as a city," Trump added. "I haven't been there in a long time. But when they make you feel unwelcome, why would I stay there?"
Why indeed.
Topics Activism Donald Trump Politics
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