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Trump baby blimp set to follow president around US
SBS News ^ | July 17, 2018

Posted on 07/16/2018 9:56:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The now-famous Trump baby blimp, which flew above protests across the UK as a defiant symbol against Donald Trump last week, could soon be on its way to the US.

A GoFundMe page to get the inflatable baby Trump – complete with bright orange skin and a nappy – stateside has raised more than $10,000 in just three days.

Activist Didier Jiminez-Castro set up the GoFundMe page to raise $4,500 to get the 20-foot blimp to Bedminster, New Jersey, where Mr Trump often golfs.

He said he was blown away by the support and was now planning for it to go on a nationwide tour.

The blimp floated over Britain’s parliament during the US president’s London visit, despite the objections of some conservatives.

London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan defended his decision to let demonstrators display it.

"The idea that we would park our rights and privileges and freedoms because it may cause offence to a US president, I think people in London and the UK would find objectionable as indeed would Americans,” he said.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Politics; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: badabing; badaboom; balloon; bedminster; blimp; blimpie; didierjiminezcastro; gardenstate; irsaudit; newjersey; nj; protests; trump
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To: kiryandil
Send up, Hillry faced, dollar sign eyes, pig balloon, to chase the Donald balloon.
81 posted on 07/17/2018 6:53:33 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Are they talking about that oversized helium cartoon balloon that was seen at that march of perverts in London. It was certainly no blimp and the closest it came to flying “over” anything was when the owner accidentally let loose of the string for a minute. I say bring it across the pond so we can mock it in person. How much $$ did they scam from the gullible Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferers for this little prop?


82 posted on 07/17/2018 6:56:41 AM PDT by Chickenhawk Warmonger (RELEASE THE REPORT!)
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To: lee martell

I think the Secret Service will have a thing or two to say about this balloon’s proximity to the president.


83 posted on 07/17/2018 7:04:40 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Get in the Spirit! The Spirit of '76!)
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To: Texas resident

Your right. The darn hillary balloon couldn’t get off the ground. It would keep falling down.


84 posted on 07/17/2018 7:15:09 AM PDT by raiderboy (Trump has assured us that he will shut down the government to get the WALL in Sept.ith the solar)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Bring in the balloon snipers.


85 posted on 07/17/2018 7:16:25 AM PDT by flaglady47 (TRUMP 45 - will lethargic Conservatives let him be impeached by Dems? )
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To: flaglady47
Bring in the balloon snipers.

Nah. Have the all who are in control or in proximity to the balloon arrested and then haul it down and slice it up with a nice sharp box cutter. Rifle shots would represent a danger to anyone near where the shots land after passing through the balloon.

86 posted on 07/17/2018 7:56:12 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Get in the Spirit! The Spirit of '76!)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Oh, I don’t know. I would have loved to see that thing get shredded in a hail of gunfire from a Phalanx of armed, pissed off Patriots wearing MAGA hats.


87 posted on 07/17/2018 8:08:15 AM PDT by hoagy62 (America Supreme!)
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To: hoagy62

A nice fusillade of 12Ga shotgun blasts...heck, even rock salt would make for a nice display I suppose.


88 posted on 07/17/2018 8:52:18 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Get in the Spirit! The Spirit of '76!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
And we now know the answer to the question.

Will leftist ever mature and become adults.

89 posted on 07/17/2018 8:55:21 AM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: A strike

I would assume SS means Secret Service.

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90 posted on 07/17/2018 8:58:52 AM PDT by Mears
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To: A strike

Trump treats people very well, so like the Reagans, I bet the Secret Service has come to really like Trump and Melania... so they would go the extra mile for them. Probably prefer protecting the Trumps way more than they did the Obamas.


91 posted on 07/17/2018 10:25:00 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

I hope they have a lot of patching material for that cheap azz balloon. LOL


92 posted on 07/17/2018 10:26:41 AM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: virgil

It would be easy to take it down
with a crossbow....silent, accurate.
There are FAA regulations for tethered
balloons. They may not be able to fly
it at all of Trumps rallies.
http://www.chem.hawaii.edu/uham/part101.html


93 posted on 07/17/2018 11:12:07 AM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“baby blimp”

"Baby" indeed. It is only 20' high. They should contacted Macy''s Thanksging Day parade guys on how to do it.

This is the Media's "projection":


94 posted on 07/17/2018 12:24:05 PM PDT by Oatka
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