Trump baby balloon is aloft but Trump insists he is ‘loved’ in Britain
While the pomp and ceremony is front and centre, in the streets a ‘Carnival of Resistance’ reminds the president ‘how unwelcome he is’ in the country
04 June 2019 - 17:05
London — A giant inflatable blimp depicting Donald Trump as a sneering baby in a diaper flew outside the British parliament in London on Tuesday ahead of what is expected to be one of the city’s largest protests against a foreign leader.
The 6m-high blimp was raised in Parliament Square at 9am GMT. It is due to be airborne when Trump holds talks with the outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May nearby in Downing Street...
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