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Donald Trump Jnr says it would be ‘funny’ if ex-president’s baby balloon was flown over Beijing
- Trump Jnr retweeted photos depicting his father as an angry orange baby in a diaper
- But he shot down the idea of flying the blimp over Beijing in retaliation for the Chinese spy balloon
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On Sunday, Donald Trump Jnr retweeted some unflattering photos of his father – in the form of a gigantic, orange baby blimp wearing a diaper, mouth wide open mid-shout.
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The initial post was made by Twitter user Ricky Diaz, who tweeted: “Honestly, if I were Trump, I’d be flying this beauty over Beijing by morning.” The tweet appears to be a reference to the suspected Chinese spy balloon the US air force shot down over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday.
Trump Jnr retweeted the images, writing that the idea of flying the baby-Trump balloon over Beijing is “funny.”
At press time, Trump Jnr’s tweet had been viewed over 2 million times and liked more than 56,000 times.
The 20-foot balloon of Trump in question was created by British protesters in 2018, who rallied against Trump’s visit to London that year.
The blimp was flown over London’s Parliament Square when Trump visited London in July 2018. It appeared again in London in June 2019 during Trump’s diplomatic visit to the UK.
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The massive balloon later surfaced stateside at a protest in Washington DC in July 2019.
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