The idea of an inflatable “Trump Baby” taking to the skies of London to mock the US president’s visit has proved so popular that some are petitioning for the balloon to continue its service by following Trump up to his Scottish golf resort. Complete with nappy, mobile phone, and furious expression, the balloon has been welcomed by some as a sign of British anger at the president, while others deem it a childish and disrespectful sideshow.
The president’s power tie, intricate comb-over, and hand size-based insecurities leave him easily caricatured by protest artists – at the Rosenmontag carnival in Düsseldorf earlier this year, a parade float featured a naked gurning Trump being mounted by a Russian bear. Indeed, “Trump Baby” isn’t the first time that the president has been mocked in inflatable form. Over the last 18 months, a 33-foot blow-up chicken with an oddly familiar haircut has done the rounds stateside, popping up outside the White House, at a tax march, beside Breitbart financier Robert Mercer’s super-yacht, and most recently on a boat circling San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island – dressed as a convict.
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