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Donald Trump protests: Thousands march to oppose president's UK state visit

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 A "Baby Trump" balloon is seen over demonstrators.

Thousands of protesters are lining the streets of London to share their rage at US President Donald Trump's state visit.

A huge police and security operation is in place, with demonstrators barred from gathering directly outside Downing Street.

Jeremy Corbyn is due to address the Together Against Trump protest, billed as a "carnival of resistance" against the president's policies.

He tweeted: “It’s an opportunity to stand in solidarity with those he’s attacked in America, around the world and in our own country”.

Protests in Birmingham, Stoke, Sheffield, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Chester, Leicester, Oxford and Exeter are also planned.

Whipped up by an MC the gathering crowd in London can be heard booing Trump’s “racism, misogyny and homophobia” as people in hazmat suits handed out face-masks to protest people from the President’s “toxic views”.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said the protests have to be peaceful, safe and lawful.

 Many are carrying signs.

Climate change activists, students, pacifists, trade union members and families are expected to gather.

Meanwhile, a giant inflatable blimp depicting the US president as a pouting baby in a diaper has been raised outside parliament.

Leo Murray, the co-creator of the blimp, said: "We're trying to remind the president how unwelcome he is in this country.

"We're also, in a light-hearted way, trying to articulate the strength of feeling against Donald Trump and his politics of hate."

A 16ft talking robot of Mr Trump sitting on a gold toilet is also attracting attention in Trafalgar Square.

Don Lessem travelled from Philadelphia in the US with the robot which says the phrases "No collusion", "You are fake news" and "I'm a very stable genius" - the audio of which is Mr Trump's own voice.

The robot also makes a farting sound, and Mr Lessem said: "The fart we couldn't get from him (Trump) so we had to use a generic fart."

 A 16ft talking robot of US President Donald Trump.

He said he had the robot made in China and it is making its debut outing.

James O'Brien, from County Mayo, is selling toilet paper with Mr Trump's face printed on it in Trafalgar Square.

 A man sells Donald Trump toilet paper.

"The only toilet paper in the world that's already got crap on it", he is shouting, as he sells two for £5 out of a trolley.

 

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