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Green Day fans have launched a campaign to make hit single 'American Idiot' top of the UK charts in July to coincide with Donald Trump's arrival.

The US president is set to make a "working visit" to Britain on Friday July 13, shortly after the Nato summit in Brussels.

The campaign was originally launched last year when it was announced Mr Trump would be visiting - but has gained significant traction since the date was announced.

Organisers posted: "We have a date, he's coming Friday 13th July...so if we ALL buy enough downloads of Green Day's 'American Idiot' between Friday 6th-Thursday 12th it will time PERFECTLY to hit No.1 the very day he arrives on UK soil!

"Streaming counts too but less effective. Let's do this!"

The band's lead singer Bill Joel Armstrong appeared to back the campaign, sharing a screenshot of the campaign with the words "...just going to leave this here" - the post has since been deleted.

He and his bandmates have been very open about their distaste for Mr Trump's politics, leading a string of chants at the American Music Awards last year with: "No Trump, No KKK, no fascist USA".

In 2016 at the MTV Europe Music Awards, they changed one line of 'American Idiot' from "the subliminal mind-**** America" to "subliminal mind-Trump America".

Protesters have promised a "carnival of resistance" will greet the president during his visit, with thousands signalling their interest in an online Facebook event.

Mr Trump cancelled a visit to the UK to open the new American embassy, criticising its move from Grosveor Square to Nine Elms.

The president blamed the cost of the new embassy and its location south of the River Thames, saying it was a "bad deal".