Trump baby blimp to fly in Edinburgh

The Donald Trump baby blimp will be flown at at an anti-Trump protest in Edinburgh after being flown above Parliament Square in London.

The Trump baby blimp

The Trump baby blimp. Source: AP

The Donald Trump baby blimp will be flown at a protest in Edinburgh.

The six-metre inflatable depicting the US president as a nappy-clad baby holding a mobile phone has been brought north of the border after being flown above Parliament Square in London on Friday.

It prompted Trump to say it made him "feel unwelcome" in the city, on his second day of a four-day UK visit.
The Trump baby blimp
The Trump baby blimp continues to fly over the UK. Source: AP
Campaigners confirmed the blimp will fly in the Meadows, where a protest march against the US presidents ends.

An Edinburgh City Council spokeswoman: "The council, Police Scotland and the Civil Aviation Authority were happy to give it the go-ahead as there were no security concerns."

Protester Leo Murray, one of the blimp's "babysitters", said: "We were inundated with messages from friends and allies in Scotland asking us to bring Trump baby up, so we really wanted to make sure that he could be a part of the amazing spread of protests taking place over the weekend."

The city park is the latest location chosen for the giant balloon, after parliamentary officials rejected a request for it to fly at Holyrood.

Earlier, plans to fly it above the Trump Turnberry golf course as the president visits there this weekend were blocked due to airspace restrictions.
Protests in the UK.
The US president has been greeted by jeering protests - along with the blimp. Source: AAP
Various protests are planned to coincide with the US leader's visit to Scotland, including a national demonstration and "carnival of resistance" in Edinburgh.


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