‘Call that a blimp?’ Social media mocks Baby Trump balloon which was taken down after just two hours
A few hundred people gathered to watch the blimp launch in Parliament Square
After blimp went up, protesters took to the streets to denounce Trump’s UK visit
Protesters are planning to transport the balloon to Scotland overnight to fly it at Trump’s Turnberry golf course
By KATIE FRENCH and AMIE GORDON
DAILYMAIL.COM
13 July 2018
A much vaunted baby Trump blimp which flew above Parliament ahead of thousands of protesters marching through the capital has been labelled a damp squib by social media.
Anti-Trump protesters stirred controversy with the 20ft high inflatable caricature, which depicted the leader as an angry infant wearing a nappy and clutching a mobile phone and floated among statues of revered world leaders including Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela.
While the president did not personally witness the blimp’s ascent, he did say it had made him ‘feel unwelcome’ in London.
A few hundred people gathered to watch the blimp launch in Parliament Square, with organisers of the stunt wearing red boiler suits and red baseball caps emblazoned with ‘TRUMP BABYSITTER’
After counting down from 10 to 1 a cheer went up as the large balloon rose to fly around 10 metres off the ground, next to parliament and the River Thames.
After the blimp went up, protesters took to the streets to denounce Trump’s UK visit for stoking ‘division along fault lines of fear and hatred’.
Brett Kirchner, 25, from North Carolina, said: ‘As an American, I think it’s great. It’s a peaceful way of protesting and there are a lot of people who agree with it.
‘Back home in the States, there will be some who are very upset about this protest and who think it’s insulting. I have been asked to send photos back though, not everyone likes Trump.’
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