[noir]

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Trump supporters enraged by ‘angry baby’ balloon to fly over London during president’s UK trip

Protest called 'cringeworthy' and 'juvenile', while counter-campaign to fly a similar Sadiq Khan blimp has now reached its funding target

Staff Reporter



The giant balloon will still need final approval from the Metropolitan Police and from British air traffic control before it can be flown near Parliament in London.CreditAndrew Aitchison/in pictures, via Getty Images




LONDON Plans to fly a giant balloon depicting Donald Trump as an angry orange baby over London when the US president visits next Friday have enraged his supporters.

London’s City Hall, run by mayor Sadiq Khan, has granted permission for the six-metre inflatable – complete with nappy and man boobs – to go up for two hours at Parliament Square Gardens. Campaigners raised £18,000 online to fund the blimp.

But political allies and acolytes of Mr Trump have slammed the stunt. Republicans Overseas spokesman Drew Liquerman called it “cringeworthy”.

He said: “It’s embarrassing. It’s embarrassing for the people flying it, for the British residents of London and for people in the UK.”

Nigel Farage, the former Ukip leader, said: “This is the biggest insult to a sitting US president ever. Would this be happening if it was Obama? Makes London look ridiculous.”

And the plans drew much ire on social media too. “It’s juvenile, disrespectful and offensive,” wrote one Twitter user, Andrew Lindsay, a corporate lawyer. “There are ways to demonstrate. This is not one of them. Grow up Mayor!”

Another, train driver Stuart Miller said: “Nothing from Sadiq Khan when the Saudi Prince visited in March this year. Chemical attacks in Yemen, appalling human rights and killing homosexuals. It’s fashionable to hate Trump and will probably get him another run at Mayor.”

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A counterprotest which aims to fly a “Sadiq Khan baby balloon” has also been set up – and, on Friday, met its required funding target. It remains to be seen if City Hall grants permission for that to also go up.

Anti-Trump campaigners say their inflatable baby is a form of peaceful protest. They say the blimp reflects Mr Trump’s character as an “angry baby with a fragile ego and small hands”.

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Organiser Nona Hurkmans said: “We are just a small group of friends who set out to use humour to take a stand against the rise of racist and fascist politics both here in the UK and over in the US.”

Leo Murray, who is also behind the project, said that the prisident ”really seems to hate it when people make fun of him. We want to make sure he knows that all of Britain is looking down on him and laughing at him.”

The US president is expected to arrive in the capital on Thursday evening and, on Friday, will likely visit Blenheim Palace, meet the Queen at Windsor and hold talks with prime minister Theresa May at Chequers before travelling to his golf courses in Scotland.

Trump supporters

[Zagadka]

Becoming Londonistan

I don't see what that has to do with Trump.

[SolarCross]

I don't see what that has to do with Trump.

There is a kind of bizarre alliance between Islamists and "liberals", the Islamists want migration rights and the "liberals" want some tough guys to bring down western civilisation. The illiberal "liberals" (in the UK as well as the US it seems) are in hysteria over Trump's existence so the Islamists like Khan throw them a bone by letting them have their embarrassing balloon, even though in any other country that shit would be squashed like shit for potentially upsetting diplomatic relations with an important ally.

[noir]

I don't see what that has to do with Trump.

[noemon]

Yet another Islamophobic migration thread about some balloon.

These alt-right Watson, Robinson twitter updates will be thrown into the shit grinder if you keep up spamming the whole forum with these nonsense. At least keep it in a single thread.

Also at those blaming the London Mayor for the balloon as if he arranged it when it was some private people doing it and the city council(not him personally) merely giving approval for a balloon.

[Rugoz]

Londoners are too nice, they should just shoot the bastard

That said, I think the balloon is an accurate portrayal of Trump, look how well it goes together with the Trumpian slogans posted by Albert.

[Seeker8]

How is Khan an Islamist? Islamism is an ideology not code for brown skinned people.

[One Degree]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadiq_Khan

His parents are Muslim. He represented Louis Farrakhan. I found it interesting the Wikipedia article never mentions his personal religious affiliation.
What does he say his religion is?

[Hong Wu]

People who literally take pride in their refusal to debate called someone else a baby

[Albert]

This is plainly rude and obnoxious behavior form mayor of London. Stupid to be frank.

[anarchist23]

Londoners in the main think Trumps policies suck. lol

[Heisenberg]

His parents are Muslim. He represented Louis Farrakhan. I found it interesting the Wikipedia article never mentions his personal religious affiliation.
What does he say his religion is?

It literally says "Khan is a practising Muslim" in the article.

[anarchist23]

The Trump supporters just don't get it. Trump is not welcome in London. End of story.












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[Seeker8]

That's not an Islamist though is it, it's just a Muslim. I suppose to these numpties all Muslims are the same as ISIS.

The world must a be a really terrifying place to these people.

[Heisenberg]

That's not an Islamist though is it, it's just a Muslim. I suppose to these numpties all Muslims are the same as ISIS.

Clearly you've been zapped by the Muslamic Ray Guns.

[Albert]

The Trump supporters just don't get it. Trump is not welcome in London. End of story.

Who gets to decide that?

[One Degree]

The American President not welcome in London by a Muslim mayor. Yeah, no reason why the British should be concerned by this. That is if you are brain dead.

[anarchist23]

At the anti Trump demonstration on Friday this will be played through loud speakers.

[Seeker8]

Why is him being Muslim relevant?

[noemon]

The American President not welcome in London by a Muslim mayor. Yeah, no reason why the British should be concerned by this. That is if you are brain dead.

There are just so many things that are wrong with this sentence that is quite baffling.

a) Why would a Muslim welcome a hater of Muslims? One must be brain dead to demand a courtesy only from one party and not from the other.
b) Why do you assume that Sadiq Khan(the Muslim Mayor) is the one organising this reception? This is a private campaign totally unrelated to the Mayor of London. Are you suggesting that Khan should have personally intervened to prevent these individuals from applying and getting a license for a comic balloon? Is there anything else that people should do to protect your precious feelings from getting hurt?