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30th Nov 2018

Return of the blimp: Trump balloon takes flight in Argentina for G20 summit

The blimp the President said made him feel 'unwelcome' in London has followed him to South America

Oli Dugmore

The blimp the President said made him feel ‘unwelcome’ in London has followed him to South America

The Donald Trump blimp, which flew over London during the president’s visit earlier this year, appeared in Argentina today.

First Parliament Square, London, now Plaza del Congreso, Buenos Aires.

The president of the United States previously said the six metre balloon made him “feel unwelcome” in the UK’s capital, whilst demonstrators said: “Donald Trump is a big, angry baby with a fragile ego and tiny hands. He’s also racist demagogue who is a danger to women, immigrants and minorities and a mortal threat to world peace and the very future of life on earth.

“Moral outrage is water off a duck’s back to Trump. But he really seems to hate it when people make fun of him.”

As was the case in London on July 13, the balloon is suspended outside Argentina’s legislature. It also visited Paris for Trump’s visit on November 11, during which he skipped a visit to a war grave because of the rain.

Pretty good mileage for a piece of protest that only cost £5,000 to make.

Trump is in Argentina for a summit of the G20 – the world’s 20 leading economies.