Looking To Adopt? 'Baby Trump' Balloons Now Available

BEDMINSTER, NJ — Looking to adopt? Well you you could be the proud parent of a "Baby Trump" balloon. Jim Girvan of Branchburg, who started a GoFundMe fundraiser to bring "Baby Trump" to America, announced that its Baby Trump Adoption Service is now live at babytrumptour.org.

Girvan is offering other activists the opportunity to adopt one of the many 20-foot-tall balloons — depicting President Donald Trump as an angry, diaper-wearing, cell phone-carrying baby.

Just like with a real baby, interested adopters will need to be responsible for a number of details and costs associated with holding a "Baby Trump" event including (according to babytrumptour.org):

• Managing your event
• Getting trained on handling the balloon for safety and maintenance.
• Costs: insurance, shipping, helium, etc. These depend a lot on event details. Be prepared to spend $1,500 (which you can make up with fundraising).
• Timeline

Additionally interested adopters are asked to fill out a Baby Adoption Service Form.

Currently, there are six "Baby Trump" balloons available for adoption. Of the six, two have already been delivered to New Jersey. (See related: First Two 'Baby Trump' Balloons Delivered To NJ)

The fundraiser was set up in July to bring the balloon to America, raising $23,748 and surpassing the original $4,500 goal. (See related: 'Baby Trump' Blimp Is Coming To Bedminster)

The balloon doesn't conflict with any Federal Aviation Administration rules, Girvan said. But the Secret Service does have height limitations on balloons of nothing higher than 150 feet in the air.

To avoid this, Girvan said he doesn't expect the balloon to fly any higher than 60 or 80 feet in the air.

Not everyone thinks the "Baby Trump" balloons are funny. A Manchester woman set up two GoFundMe campaigns to support her efforts to pop the balloon, both of which were removed for violating the site's terms, which specify it cannot be used "for the legal defense of alleged crimes associated with hate, violence, harassment, bullying, discrimination, terrorism, or intolerance of any kind relating to race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, sex, gender or gender identity, or serious disabilities or diseases."

• Read More: Manchester Woman's Pop 'Baby Trump' GoFundme Removed

The goal of the campaign, she wrote, was "To show respect and support to President Trump is my Hope and Dream. To encourage POSITIVE reflection. Not all the hatred! show your support. All proceeds will go towards positively reflecting our strong belief that respect is deserved by ALL.. including our president!"

The second campaign appeared to have violated the terms of service that specify "collecting or providing funds for any purpose other than as described in a Campaign description."

The terms of service also specify GoFundme can remove any campaign "it may deem in its sole discretion to be unacceptable."

• See Related: Number Of 'Baby Trumps' Balloons To 6

(Image via GoFundMe, a promotional partner of Patch)

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