A far-right British activist known as Based Amy attempted to pop the baby Trump balloon and bloodied herself in the process.
President Donald Trump’s visit to the U.K. this week has been the subject of widespread protests and memes. Outside of the British Parliament building on Tuesday in London, the baby Trump balloon—which regularly attends events in opposition to the far-right—was dogging the U.S. president.
The activist, whose real name is Amy Dallamura, live streamed both the stabbing and her own arrest on Twitter via Periscope. As she walks away from the scene, she can be heard saying “Yeah, baby!” in the style of fictional icon Austin Powers.
https://twitter.com/realbasedamy/status/1135907686787084290
An avid participator in protests, Dallamura kept the camera recording up until she was arrested. The Periscope video shows an officer stopping and searching her, and then Dallamura is arrested for carrying the sharp object that she used to stab the balloon.
As she is being arrested, Dallamura can be heard saying, “America help me!”
The balloon was eventually patched up and reinflated. Meanwhile, Americans and Brits alike tweeted about Dallamura’s incident.
For those of you asking, Trump Baby was only lightly wounded in today’s attack and stands at full pressurisation.
— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) June 4, 2019
Many tweets referenced her bleeding hand, which Dallamura likely nicked on the instrument she used to puncture the balloon. User @trawlerhorse called her a “national hero” for attempting the pop.
“Thanks for taking that horrible insult down, you are a National Hero, Get that hand seen to though Darling,” @trawlerhorse said.
Good on you Gal !!
— SeaHorse Sam 🇬🇧🇺🇦 #TheGreatResist #VoteReform (@trawlerhorse) June 4, 2019
Thanks for taking that horrible insult down , you are a National Hero ,
Get that hand seen to though Darling xxxxxx#BrexitParty #BritainBitesBack
Other users tweeted their disbelief at how oblivious Dallamura was to both her own country’s strict knife laws and using her status as a disabled citizen to get out of being arrested. User @Nitemists was concerned about this and more, finding the whole situation “unf*cking believable.”
https://twitter.com/Nitemists/status/1135959415163641860
Many other replies to Dallamura comment on rights of property and whether it’s good practice to film crimes as they’re being committed.
“Why would you record yourself committing a crime,” @Dinwiddie_Jared asked.
Those balloons cost approximately £5000. In America she’d be convicted of a felony and she literally recorded the prosecution’s case against her. The Brit’s really ARE polite!
— t. (@grace_eludes_me) June 4, 2019
Why would you film yourself commiting a crime?
— Jared Dinwiddie (@Dinwiddie_Jared) June 4, 2019
And there was more than one half-joking assertion that Dallamura was using drugs.
Freebasing Amy, maybe
— The Demonrat (@TDemonrat) June 4, 2019
Dallamura is known most prominently in the U.K. for being banned from going within 50 feet of the sea after costing British taxpayers over 1.2 million in rescues because she attempted to drown herself more than 50 times.
For more information about suicide prevention or to speak with someone confidentially, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (U.S.) or Samaritans (U.K.).
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