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Eugene

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Sun May 19, 2019, 06:25 PM May 2019

Snarling orange 'Trump baby' blimp to mock U.S. president in Britain, protesters say

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS MAY 19, 2019 / 2:15 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Snarling orange 'Trump baby' blimp to mock U.S. president in Britain, protesters say

Guy Faulconbridge, Alex Fraser
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LONDON (Reuters) - A blimp depicting Donald Trump as a snarling, nappy-wearing orange baby will fly outside Britain’s parliament when the U.S. president makes a state visit next month if protesters can raise 30,000 pounds ($38,000) for advocacy groups.

At the invitation of Queen Elizabeth, President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are due in Britain on June 3-5 for a state visit - a pomp-laden affair involving a carriage trip through London and a banquet at Buckingham Palace.

Britain’s so called special relationship with the United States is one of the enduring alliances of the past century, but some British voters see Trump as crude, volatile and opposed to their values on issues ranging from global warming to his treatment of women.

The blimp greeted Trump when he visited Britain in 2018, in what he described as an attempt to make him feel unwelcome, and the man behind the giant inflatable said he would let it fly again if a crowdfunding campaign can raise 30,000 pounds for groups backing causes from climate action to women’s rights.

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Snarling orange 'Trump baby' blimp to mock U.S. president in Britain, protesters say (Original Post) Eugene May 2019 OP
I think it should be called the "Blump" Blue Owl May 2019 #1
No many people anywhere want to be around Trump, even in the US, and certainly not elsewhere. It is walkingman May 2019 #2

walkingman

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2. No many people anywhere want to be around Trump, even in the US, and certainly not elsewhere. It is
Sun May 19, 2019, 07:59 PM
May 2019

all phony pandering except for those that are just like him.....Putin, Jong Un, and other for right-wing leaders and almost all Republicans.

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