When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Sign up to receive our rundown of the day'sdirect to your inbox They are vying to house the 20ft balloon that portrays Donald Trump as a baby. The British Museum believes the blimp would be a good link to a political satire exhibition by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop. A spokesman said: “We have had a conversation with the makers of the Trump blimp about potentially displaying it on site to link to this show, but not as part of the exhibition. “It is a tentative idea at this stage.”<doc-sep>LONDON (Reuters) - A blimp depicting Donald Trump as an orange, snarling nappy-wearing baby flew outside the British parliament in London on Friday, launched by critics of the U.S. president who are demonstrating throughout his visit to the country. Trump, who arrived on Thursday, said he would avoid London as much as possible to avoid the protests. “I guess when they put out blimps to make me feel unwelcome, no reason for me to go to London,” he told the Sun newspaper. “I used to love London as a city. I haven’t been there in a long time. But when they make you feel unwelcome, why would I stay there?” Many British politicians regard close ties with the United States, which they call “the special relationship”, as a pillar of foreign policy and Prime Minister Theresa May has courted Trump before the country’s departure from the European Union. But some Britons see Trump as crude, volatile and opposed to their values on a range of issues. More than 64,000 people have signed up to demonstrate in London against the visit while other protests are expected around the country. Around 1,000 people gathered to watch the blimp launch in Parliament Square, with organizers of the stunt wearing red boiler suits and baseball caps emblazoned with “TRUMP BABYSITTER”. Nicola Tanner, a 33-year-old public official from the southwestern city of Bristol, took the day off work to demonstrate. Wearing a t-shirt with the word “RESIST” on it, she said it was great that the blimp had “touched a nerve” with Trump. Slideshow ( 14 images ) “It’s embarrassing how much our government is falling over themselves to try to appease someone who has no interest in any sort of give-and-take in the UK-U.S. relationship at all, and is so capricious he can change his mind between the end of one tweet and the start of the next one,” she told Reuters. After a countdown from 10, a cheer went up as the six-meter (20 foot) high balloon rose up. It hovered around 10 meters off the ground, next to the Westminster parliament building and near the River Thames. Organizer Daniel Jones, 26, a charity communications officer, said they were trying to make people laugh as well as making a serious point. “It’s also about giving a boost to those in America resisting his policies,” he said. One man dressed as a gorilla and wearing a plastic Trump mask, stood inside a large metal cage. London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who was criticized by Trump in the Sun interview for failing to control crime and prevent militant attacks, gave his blessing for the blimp to be flown. Khan rejected suggestions this showed a lack of respect for the U.S. president. “The idea that we restrict freedom of speech, the right to assemble, the right to protest because somebody might be offended is a slippery slope,” he told BBC radio. “We have a rich history in this country of having a sense of humor as well.”<doc-sep>
A President Trump-loving New Jersey woman vowed to pop the unflattering “Baby Trump” blimp when it takes to the skies near the president’s gold course in Bedminster. Kathie Kitt Conklin declared online that she would pop the balloon, and created a GoFundMe page to raise money for bail in case she gets arrested for it, WNBC reported Thursday. “This GoFundMe page is set up for bail in case I become arrested, which is likely. If anyone is interested in supporting this cause. Please feel free to donate,” the page read before it was taken down. The 20-foot tall balloon, which caricatures Trump as a scowling, Cheeto-colored baby clutching a cell phone set to Twitter, first appeared at protests in London during Trump’s visit. It later popped up in Scotland during protests there, and activists came up with the idea of bringing it stateside for the president’s next visit to jersey. Jim Girvan, one of the US organizers, told CNN they got permission from UK activists to make their own balloons from the original patterns. They’re planning on getting three, and started a GoFundMe to buy the balloons, snaring $2,300 in donations from more than 1,000 people. Other activists hope to fly the blimp in the nation’s capital. Trump admitted the blimp made him feel unwelcome when he was asked about largely ducking London during his visit because of the protests. “I guess when they put out blimps to make me feel unwelcome, no reason for me to go to London,” he told The Sun. “I used to love London as a city. I haven’t been there in a long time. But when they make you feel unwelcome, why would I stay there?”