The National Park Service approved an application from liberal activist group Code Pink to have a diaper-clad “baby Trump” blimp on the National Mall during President Trump’s Independence Day event.
The application to have the blimp on the National Mall during Trump’s “Salute to America” event was approved Monday, although the permission came with some stipulations that Code Pink is not happy about.
In the permit, the National Park Service said that “all balloons are prohibited” on the National Mall, but granted the group approval to display the blimp in a part of the National Mall near the Washington Memorial as long as it is “filled with cold-air only and unable to achieve flight.”
In a Tuesday statement, Code Pink said that it was upset with the decision and wanted the large blimp to be “within line of sight of the Lincoln Memorial where President Trump will be speaking.”
The baby Trump blimp gained notoriety from the president’s visits to the United Kingdom, where it first debuted during his 2018 visit and then was flown again during his June visit to London.
Last year Trump said that the blimp made him “feel unwelcome.”
“I used to love London as a city. I haven’t been there in a long time. But when they make you feel unwelcome, why would I stay there?” Trump said. “I guess when they put out blimps to make me feel unwelcome, no reason for me to go to London.”
The Fourth of July celebration will feature a speech from Trump at the Lincoln Memorial, a massive fireworks display, a flyover by Air Force One and military aircraft, and tanks.
