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Related: About this forumSnarling 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
5 MIN READ
LONDON (Reuters) - A blimp depicting Donald Trump as a snarling, nappy-wearing orange baby will fly outside Britains 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.
Britains 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 womens rights.
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Snarling orange 'Trump baby' blimp to mock U.S. president in Britain, protesters say
Guy Faulconbridge, Alex Fraser
5 MIN READ
LONDON (Reuters) - A blimp depicting Donald Trump as a snarling, nappy-wearing orange baby will fly outside Britains 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.
Britains 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 womens rights.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-britain-blimp/snarling-orange-trump-baby-blimp-to-mock-u-s-president-in-britain-protesters-say-idUSKCN1SP0OP
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Snarling orange 'Trump baby' blimp to mock U.S. president in Britain, protesters say (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2019
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Blue Owl
(49,937 posts)1. I think it should be called the "Blump"
n/t
walkingman
(7,512 posts)2. No many people anywhere want to be around Trump, even in the US, and certainly not elsewhere. It is
all phony pandering except for those that are just like him.....Putin, Jong Un, and other for right-wing leaders and almost all Republicans.