Divisive British TV personality Piers Morgan lashed out at London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday for his decision to approve the use of a 19-foot blimp that looks like an angry baby President Trump to protest Trump’s upcoming visit to the U.K., saying Khan would have handled the situation differently had former President Barack Obama still been in power.
“If Obama was still President & someone suggested flying a giant black baby balloon over Parliament, @SadiqKhan would brand it racist & offensive, and stop it. This Trump balloon is a hypocritical disgrace,” Morgan wrote on Twitter.
*NEW: If Obama was still President & someone suggested flying a giant black baby balloon over Parliament, @SadiqKhan would brand it racist & offensive, and stop it.
This Trump balloon is a hypocritical disgrace. https://t.co/QyeYJRLUWx pic.twitter.com/gbgdI2jfNg— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 9, 2018
Khan, a member of the U.K.’s left-leaning Labour Party, approved the blimp’s inaugural flight, which will take place over Britain’s Palace of Westminster on Friday.
The flight over the building that houses Parliament is one of many anti-Trump demonstrations planned to coincide with the president’s trip.
Organizers behind the balloon are exploring the possibility of flying the blimp at more of Trump’s forthcoming foreign trips after surpassing their fundraising goal. As of Monday, they had received about 28,000 pounds, or $37,000, from supporters, which would cover shipping and helium.
