Trump Will Be Immortal In The Form Of A Giant Baby Balloon

Donald Trump's giant baby balloon (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - Donald Trump will become one of the most controversial presidents of the United States (US) in history. After leaving his post, his name will be immortal. Because the iconic giant balloon in the shape of a Trump baby will be on display at the museum.

Quoting CNN, Wednesday, January 20, 2021, the Museum of London said that it had added Trump's giant baby balloon as a collection. The screaming orange giant baby is an illustration of the protests Trump visited London in 2018.

The giant balloon, said Director of the Museum of London, Sharon Ament will be remembered as a symbol of how Americans felt towards their country's leader at that time. "By collecting baby balloons, we were able to mark a wave of feelings that swept through the city that day and capture certain moments of resistance," said Ament, in a statement.

"London has always been an open and growing polyglot city. A haven for knowledge, tradition and controversy and for thousands of years we have hosted many historic protests," he added.

The Trump icon will be part of the museum's protest collection. The balloons will be part of a collection of artifacts from the women's suffrage movement, peace activists who opposed the war in Iraq during the early 2000s, and more recent protests against cuts in public spending.

Trump's giant baby balloon was designed by a group of people who met in a London pub to discuss how they could speak out against Trump's policies. The giant balloon depicts Trump as a screaming baby in a diaper but holding a cellphone and having yellow hair.

Symbol of protest

On July 13 2018, the hot air balloon was flown outside the Parliament Building. At that time, thousands of demonstrators packed the streets of central London to protest against Trump's visit.

"We hope the baby quarters in the museum will stand as a reminder of London's fight against Trump, and will also encourage those who see him to examine how they can continue the fight against the politics of hate," the balloon maker said in a statement.

The balloon rose to worldwide fame when the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, often belittled by Trump, gave permission to fly over the city during Trump's first visit. Since then, he has followed Trump on his journey around the world. Khan has also appeared in Washington DC and at several Trump rallies and international tours.

"This big balloon is only a small part of a global movement. A movement led by marginalized people for whom Trump's politics is most threatened," the balloon maker added in a statement.

Trump is very unpopular in the UK and in several other major countries. Research has shown that the US's global image has fallen under Trump's leadership. Fewer than 1 in 5 people in Canada and Western Europe trust Trump to do the right thing in international affairs, a September 2020 study from Pew Research.