Trump baby blimp could be coming to Australia

Two Donald Trumps may be coming to Australia in November.

A six-metre high baby blimp of US President Donald Trump.

A six-metre high baby blimp of US President Donald Trump. Source: AAP

The now-famous Trump baby blimp, which flew above protests across the UK as a defiant symbol against Donald Trump, could follow the US president to Australia later this year.

While no official arrangements have been made, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has invited Mr Trump to Australia and there is speculation he will come after the APEC summit in Papua New Guinea in November.

And the six-metre-high orange balloon looks set to join him.

Protests in the UK.
Protests in the UK. Source: Getty


According to the Guardian, a group organising a tentative protest are in talks to bring the blimp to Australia.

Protest organiser Simone White told the Guaridan that "the Trump baby blimp has become this kind of globally recognised symbol of opposition to Trump".

"We have been in touch with the people that made the blimp and they are actually really keen to have it travel around the world," he said.

"They're excited to get the blimp to Australia. Now we're just in the process of figuring out how to send it, which won't be too hard."

The blimp ready for takeoff.
The blimp ready for takeoff. Source: AAP


He said that should Mr Trump come, "we're expecting an absolutely enormous protest. We are expecting this could be one of the biggest protests in Australia in a long time".




London Mayor Sadiq Khan defended his decision to approve permits for the blimp, saying it was not for him to be a "censor".

While former UKIP leader and Trump supporter Nigel Farage called the blimp "the biggest insult to a sitting US president ever".

American groups are also attempting to arrange for the blimp to follow Mr Trump around the US.


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