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Piers Morgan has been blasted by Arsenal fans for inviting US President Donald Trump to become the football team's new manager.

Morgan - who is a long time Arsenal fan - gave a preview of the moment on Twitter as he posted a picture of himself presenting the President with a personalised Arsenal top.

Piers captioned the image explaining: "*WORLD EXCLUSIVE* The moment I invite President Trump to be Arsenal's new manager - because he'd build a strong defensive wall, have an attacking philosophy & want to win big trophies at all costs.

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"See his hilarious response on Sunday night, ITV, 10pm. #TrumpMorgan."

Football fans made it clear they were not impressed as one wrote: "More likely that he would kick out all Arsenal’s foreign players, divide the rest of the team and make himself centre forward."

Another tweeted: "You are not an advocate for Arsenal? Why are you going around handing shirts out like you’ve made a contribution to Arsenal?"

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A third one wrote: "You’re very confused if you honestly think that associating with Trump is a good factor for Arsenal. Because he’s rich and powerful we should automatically cling to him?"

One stated: "You are actually embarrassing", while one questioned: "Haven’t the gunners been through enough?"

In a clip of the interview shown on GMB, Trump sensationally apologised for retweeting anti-Muslim videos from the far-right group Britain First.

Trump's retweets of Britain First led to a huge diplomatic incident between the US and Britain and led to Theresa May publicly condemning the President.

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During the one-to-one interview in Davos, Switzerland, Piers asked for an apology, saying he believed it would go a long way in Britain.

The President replied: "If you're telling me they're horrible racist people, I would certainly apologise if you would like me to do that."

"I know nothing about them."

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He added:“I know nothing about them and I know nothing about them today. Other than I read a little bit.

"I guess, again I’m in the United States, so I didn’t read as much about it, perhaps it was a big story in Britain, perhaps it was a bit story in the UK. But in the United States it wasn’t a big story."

"I am, as I say often, the least racist person that anybody’s going to meet. Certainly I wasn’t endorsing anybody."

Trump was asked whether he regretted the re-tweets with hindsight, and responded by saying he was a big believer in fighting radical Islamic terror.

Trump told him: "The real me is somebody that loves Britain and loves the UK."

He said he didn't want to "cause any difficulty" for the country.

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Piers thanked him for the apology in the interview during which Trump talked about his "very good relationship" with Theresa May and insisted he was "the least racist person".

In November last year, Donald Trump re-tweeted three videos by the deputy leader of far right anti-Muslim group Britain First.

The US President sent anti-Muslim messages from right-wing group's deputy leader Jayda Fransen out to his 43.5 million followers.

How the re-tweets sparked spat between Trump and No.10 Theresa May condemned Donald Trump for posting the anti-Muslim videos back in November, but the US President hit back telling the Prime Minister to focus on the UK, not him. However Trump tweeted at the WRONG Theresa May - instead sending his retort to a 'Theresa Scrivener' who had a mere six followers. Trump wrote: "Theresa @theresamay, don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!" Trump later corrected his tweet and sent it to the right Theresa May. No10 took the unusual step after the President re-tweeted a string of videos originally posted by Britain First deputy leader Jayda Fransen. One video purports to show a “Muslim migrant” in the Netherlands assaulting a young man on crutches. The assailant in the video was later arrested and is neither Muslim nor a migrant. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “Britain First seeks to divide communities through their use of hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke divisions. “They cause anxiety to law abiding people. British people overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced rhetoric of the far right which is the antithesis of the values that this country represents decency, tolerance and respect. “It is wrong for the president to have done this.

The first video claimed to show a "Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!"

A second tweet, re-tweeted moments later claimed to show a "Muslim" destroying a statue of the Virgin Mary.

And a third was pushed out with the message: "Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death!"

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Ms Fransen tweeted a long, all caps response to the President having re-tweeted her videos.

She wrote: "The President of the United States, Donald Trump has retweeted three of Deputy leader Jayda Fransen's Twitter videos!

"Donald Trump himself has retweeted these videos and has around 44 million followers! God bless you Trump! God Bless America!"

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In a tweet today showing images from an interview with the US President, Piers Morgan wrote: "President Trump has publicly apologised for retweeting far-right group Britain First.

"Says he didn't know who they were. 'I don't want to be involved with these people.

"If you're telling me they're horrible racist people. I certainly apologise.'"

He followed up the tweet with another, saying: "I got an apology out of him for retweeting anti-Muslim fascists.. does that qualify me as a real journalist?"

Behind the scenes of Trump's interview with Piers Morgan Piers Morgan has shared some behind the scenes secrets of the Donald Trump interview. Appearing live on Good Morning Britain the day after his chat with the President, Piers gave an exclusive insight into what it was like to interview his long-term friend and former Apprentice co-star. Speaking to hosts Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard, Piers said it wasn't easy to get Trump to apologise. "I kept pushing and we got there," Piers said. Piers joked that he also discovered Trump's son Barron is a huge Arsenal fan, having seen him dressed in his football kit at the Whitehouse. The host, who is a long-suffering Gunners fan, then joked he'd asked the president to step in as his team's new manager. Piers said that having called the president a friend for over a decade he could confirm he hasn't changed at all. "It is surreal to be in a room suddenly with a guy I've known all that time and he's the most powerful man in the world," he said. "There was a remarkable moment yesterday...lots of powerful leaders are here, Macron is here, lots of celebs are here. "When Trump arrived everything stopped...all these powerful people took their phones out to film him. "Like him or loathe him he's the biggest star in the world."

In the exclusive interview, Trump also spoke about his relationship with Theresa May.

He met with the PM for talks in Davos yesterday, where he travelled to for the World Economic Forum.

In the interview with Piers, Trump said: “I can tell you I have a very good relationship with your Prime Minister who I just left. She’s been doing a very good job.

"We actually have a very good relationship, although a lot of people think we don’t.

"I support her, I support a lot of what she does and a lot of what she says and I support you militarily very much.

"We will come to your defence if anything should happen, which hopefully will never happen. I am a tremendous supporter of the UK.”

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A sneak preview clip shows the moment Piers welcomed Trump into the interview room, with the pair laughing and making small talk.

Trump told Piers it was good to be there with him.

On Wednesday, Trump told his Twitter followers he was heading to Davos, Switzerland, where the interview took place.

He tweeted: "Will soon be heading to Davos, Switzerland, to tell the world how great America is and is doing.

"Our economy is now booming and with all I am doing, will only get better...Our country is finally WINNING again! (sic)"

After the interview, Piers commented on Trump's apology, saying: “I think it is significant. A lot of the antagonism I think from people in Britain towards Donald Trump was dramatically fuelled by retweeting one of the leaders of Britain First.

“Donald Trump made it clear to me that when he did these retweets he had no idea who this person was, he had no idea who Britain First was.

"He just thought that the videos, which to him depicted ISIS-like behaviour deserved a retweet. I questioned him on that.”

Piers continued: “I think it was right and proper that he, now he was made aware - and I made him very clearly aware that these are racist, fascist people - that he should apologise and he said look, if they are these people you tell me they are then I would certainly apologise.

"I think that is a significant climb down by the President.”

Piers said he thought the chat they had was "interesting," admitting he pushed the US president to the point of apology.

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Giving more details about the interview, the host said: “It’s very wide-ranging, we talk about everything from trophy hunting, to Meghan Markle, to Europe, to ISIS, all sorts of stuff.”

In a tweet, Piers called it a "fascinating experience".

The full interview will be broadcast on ITV this Sunday at 10pm and, will be available on the ITV Hub.

It will be the first international broadcast interview to Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan.

President Trump - The Piers Morgan Interview airs Sunday 28th January at 10pm on ITV produced by ITV Studios Daytime.