Donald Trump Baby Balloon to Go on World Tour After President's London Visit
The giant Donald Trump baby blimp, which was approved last week to fly near the UK Parliament building during during President Trump's visit to London, will now go on a "world tour" with stops in cities across the globe.
"Trump Baby is going on World Tour!" the organizers of the blimp wrote on crowdfunder, where they had raised more than $30,000 USD by Sunday morning. "One little Donald has been run out of Britain in July, we will start to put together an itinerary- so if your community is unlucky enough to be expecting a visit from the orange sex pest, please get in touch."
"When Trump visits the UK on Friday the 13th of July this year, we want to make sure he knows that all of Britain is looking down on him and laughing at him," the post added.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan approved the blimp earlier this week, ahead of Trump's visit to the city. "The Mayor supports the right to peaceful protest and understands that this can take many different forms," A statement obtained by Sky News said. "His city operations team have met with the organizers and have given them permission to use Parliament Square Garden as a grounding point for the blimp."
Khan's approval of the 19-foot blimp, paired with other protests activists have planned in London during Trump's visit, could add tension between the two leaders who have long sparred over their approaches to national security.
Khan was elected the first Muslim mayor of London just five months after then-candidate Trump called for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on."
More recently in April, Khan tweeted, "If he comes to London, President Trump will experience an open and diverse city that has always chosen unity over division and hope over fear. He will also no doubt see that Londoners hold their liberal values of freedom of speech very dear."
If he comes to London, President Trump will experience an open and diverse city that has always chosen unity over division and hope over fear. He will also no doubt see that Londoners hold their liberal values of freedom of speech very dear.
— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) April 26, 2018
While the organizers of the Trump blimp haven't posted which cities they plan to bring the balloon to, they did post their desire to follow President Trump "wherever the orange sex pest goes."
"#TrumpBaby will not be far behind," where the president will travel, the organizers wrote, "haunting the skies- and hopefully the dreams- of the stain on the office of President that is Donald Trump Senior."
