London Mayor Sadiq Khan is about to be ‘honored’ for his treatment of President Donald Trump with a bikini-clad version of himself as a balloon.
City officials gave the final go-ahead Thursday for a “Make London Safe Again” event to be held Saturday and the balloon lampooning the city’s mayor will be a prominent feature thanks to a Crowdfunder campaign started by Londoner Yanny Bruere, Fox News reported.
More than $75,000 was raised for the 29-foot balloon through the Crowdfunder campaign which was set up after Khan’s approval of anti-Trump demonstrations which flew a giant balloon of a baby Trump in a diaper during the president’s visit in July.
— Yanny (@YannyBruere) August 29, 2018
Khan’s “willingness to insult the most powerful man in the western world” inspired Bruere to launch the campaign which raised nearly twice the amount of money that was donated to launch the Trump balloon last month, according to The Sun.
“The whole of London will see the BIGGEST takeover in its history. We won’t stop til’ Khan’s gone and Londoners feel safe again!!” the Crowdfunder page reads. “In light of the Donald Trump ‘Baby Trump’ ballon (sic) being allowed to fly over London during his visit to the U.K., let’s get a ‘baby Khan’ one and see if FREE SPEECH applies to all and whether or not Mr Khan and the London assembly will also approve this.”
The city’s Muslim mayor has been a vocal critic of Trump with the two engaged in a war of words since last year. Khan had called for the president’s trip to be cancelled and said he was “not welcome” to the city.
Khan “set the precedent,” according to Bruere, and had to allow the ballon and event centered around ousting him from office.
“If he’s willing to submit Donald Trump to this mockery and public humiliation, surely he has to do it to himself in the name of free speech,” he said.
Official event for the @SadiqKhan giant balloon. Let’s get as many here as possible!!
https://t.co/EKYSjdMxxn pic.twitter.com/HUO6MGpde5— Yanny (@YannyBruere) August 21, 2018
Of course, all the hype surrounding the giant Trump “blimp” turned out to be a bit exaggerated.
All week I’ve been hearing this thing was a “blimp.” Now it’s a giant balloon. https://t.co/BVz3HD0O52
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) July 13, 2018
The balloon of Khan sporting a yellow bikini is set to fly over Parliament Square in Westminster on Sept. 1, the BBC reported.
It’s OFFICIAL. The balloon WILL fly. Saturday 09:30am at Parliament Square.
@SadiqKhan had no choice in the end. https://t.co/GWcxIi5sSU
— Yanny (@YannyBruere) August 29, 2018
The “beach body” design is reportedly a jab at Khan’s decision in 2016 to ban an advertisement of a woman in a yellow bikini with the message, “Are you beach body ready?” because it promoted “unhealthy or unrealistic body images,” according to the BBC.
Brilliant work by @YannyBruere to put together this @SadiqKhan blimp to fly over London.
I hope @realDonaldTrump sees that Londoners are striking back in his honour. pic.twitter.com/uDiPUs6nwJ
— Raheem (@RaheemKassam) August 30, 2018
You’ve got to admit, this blows the fucking doors off the Trump balloon ?? pic.twitter.com/b44dPUY7zx
— Rob Boyd (@avonandsomer) August 30, 2018
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