--- title: 'Baby Trump' Protest Blimp May Be Headed to New Jersey description: Following a spectacular showing at the London protests, a giant inflatable resembling President Trump may be heading across the pond canonical: https://time.com/5340599/donald-trump-baby-blimp-new-jersey/ author: Casey Quackenbush article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-17T05:17:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:52:16.028Z article:section: Politics og:title: 'Baby Trump' Protest Blimp May Be Headed to the U.S. og:description: An activist is raising money to bring the blimp to New Jersey og:url: https://time.com/5340599/donald-trump-baby-blimp-new-jersey/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52f1f2bce009ef26/69893582656a3f82b1bd4f94/gettyimages-997730962.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3390 og:image:height: 1907 og:image:alt: Demonstrators Protest Trump Visit og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Baby Trump' Protest Blimp May Be Headed to the U.S. twitter:description: An activist is raising money to bring the blimp to New Jersey twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52f1f2bce009ef26/69893582656a3f82b1bd4f94/gettyimages-997730962.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Activists Launch Crowdsourcing Campaign to Bring 'Baby Trump' Blimp to the U.S. > Sponsored content. 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A giant baby trump balloon flies over the Parliament Square during a demonstration against the visit to the UK by US President Donald Trump in London, England on July 13, 2018. TF-Images/Getty Images by [Casey Quackenbush](https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Jul 17, 2018 5:17 AM UTC Following a spectacular showing at the [London protests](http://time.com/5338370/trump-london-protests/) over the weekend, a [giant inflatable blimp](http://time.com/5331447/trump-baby-inflatable-london-khan/) resembling an infantile version of President Donald Trump may be heading across the pond. As per a [GoFundMe listing](https://www.gofundme.com/fund-to-bring-baby-trump-to-america), an activist named Jim from Hillsborough, New Jersey is trying to raise enough money to bring the “Baby Trump” blimp to Bedminster, New Jersey, where Trump plays golf. “While watching the news I made the amazing discovery of Baby Trump blimp at the London protests,” the campaign description reads. “I got together with local organizers of the People’s Motorcade and we agreed we need to bring Baby Trump to Bedminster where he plays golf during the summer.” As of Monday night, the campaign has raised over $13,700 by 631 people over three days, far exceeding a goal of $4,500. According to the description, a U.S. company would not replicate the blimp, so campaigners are trying to raise the money to ship Baby Trump from the U.K. “All of the funds collected are being deposited in a dedicated account to cover future shipping fees while on tour, publicity, gear and other Baby Trump stuff,” the page says. “Maybe a crib in the shape of the White House.” The blimp made international headlines when it was flown over demonstrations in London over the weekend, when tens of thousands flooded the streets to protest [Trump’s visit to the U.K](http://time.com/5338104/trump-theresa-may/). British environmentalist Leo Murray, who raised more than $23,000 to build the inflatable, said the city had “rediscovered its sense of humor” in granting permission for the blimp to fly for two hours, the BBC [reports](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-44732754). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5340599/donald-trump-baby-blimp-new-jersey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5340599/donald-trump-baby-blimp-new-jersey/"},"headline":"Activists Launch Crowdsourcing Campaign to Bring 'Baby Trump' Blimp to the U.S.","datePublished":"2018-07-17T05:17:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:52:16.028Z","description":"An activist is raising money to bring the blimp to New Jersey, where Trump plays golf","url":"https://time.com/5340599/donald-trump-baby-blimp-new-jersey/","keywords":["Donald Trump","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52f1f2bce009ef26/69893582656a3f82b1bd4f94/gettyimages-997730962.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Casey Quackenbush","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52f1f2bce009ef26/69893582656a3f82b1bd4f94/gettyimages-997730962.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Demonstrators Protest Trump Visit","caption":"Demonstrators Protest Trump Visit","creditText":"TF-Images/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5340599/donald-trump-baby-blimp-new-jersey/","name":"Activists Launch Crowdsourcing Campaign to Bring 'Baby Trump' Blimp to the U.S."}}]}] ```