Piers Morgan calls for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger to be replaced with Donald Trump – because he'd build a 'strong defensive wall'
Piers Morgan has called for Donald Trump to replace Arsene Wenger as Arsenal manager - because he can build a strong defence wall.
The TV presenter has long called for Wenger to be ousted from the club after 14 years without a Premier League title.
Teasing his exclusive interview with the US President, Morgan also released a photo of himself holding an Arsenal shirt with the name Trump on the back while sitting beside the billionaire.
He said: The moment I invite President Trump to be Arsenals new manager - because hed build a strong defensive wall, have an attacking philosophy and want to win big trophies at all costs.
Earlier this year Wenger refused to step down and insisted the clubs turmoil had merely strengthened his resolve to remain as manager.
Arsenal are currently trailing three points behind arch rivals Tottenham and five behind fourth place Liverpool, who occupy the final Champions League spot.
Teasing his exclusive interview with the US President, Morgan also released a photo of himself holding an Arsenal shirt with the name Trump on the back while sitting beside the billionaire.
But when asked in January if this could be his final season following a campaign of adversity, Wenger said: No, thats not the way I respond.
I agree completely that 2018 until now has not been very positive but I am long enough in the job to know that what is important is how we respond to it and to focus on the performance.
My personal situation is a bit secondary to all of that, what is important is how the team responds and what we make of 2018.
During the interview Trump also apologised for retweeting videos posted online by Britain First and said he did it because he is a big believer in fighting radical Islamic terror.
The 71-year-old was speaking to Morgan in Davos, Switzerland, and eventually said he would apologise if the far-right group was seen as being horrible and racist.
It comes after the politician landed himself in hot water after he retweetedthree clips which purportedly showed anti-Muslim material. They were initially posted by British nationalist Jayda Fransen, who has been convicted of hate crimes, and Theresa May publicly condemned the President.
US President Donald Trump has now publicly apologised for retweeting videos which were initially posted online by far-right group Britain First .
The 71-year-old (left) was asked by Piers Morgan (right) whether he wanted to say sorry and replied: I would certainly apologise if you would like me to do that.
Piers Morgan landed the first international interview with Donald Trump since he took office (pictured together in New York in 2010).
Donald Trump retweeted a video which was initially posted online by far-right British nationalist Jayda Fransen, who has been convicted of hate crimes .
He was asked about the controversial retweets during the interview, which was aired on Good Morning Britain, and said he did not know who Britain First were when the messages were posted last November.
Trump said that he retweeted the videos because he is a big believer in fighting Islamic terror and also said he is the least racist person that anybodys going to meet.
And just hours after the interview was aired on ITV this morning, Ms Fransen hit back at Morgan and demanded a sit down with him following the horrific accusations he made.
Speaking outside a court in Belfast, where she faced a hate speech charge, she said: I have challenged Piers Morgan to sit down with me and to discuss these absolutely horrific accusations that I am a horrible nasty racist - something I wholeheartedly refute.
If youre telling me theyre horrible people, horrible racist people I would certainly apologise if you would like me to do that. President Donald Trump.
But Piers quickly replied on Twitter and wrote: Heres my apology to her: Sorry I wasnt more offensive about you.
It comes after the President, who also met Mrs May at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, said: I know nothing about them and I know nothing about them today. Other than I read a little bit.
I guess, again Im in the United States, so I didnt 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 wasnt a big story. I did a retweet. When you do your own tweeting, or you do your own social media, its fine. .
When you do those retweets it can cause problems, because you never know whos doing it to start off with.
I dont know who they are, I know nothing about them, so I wouldnt be doing that. I am, as I say often, the least racist person that anybodys going to meet. .
Certainly I wasnt endorsing anybody. I knew nothing about them. They had I guess a couple of depictions of radical Islamic terror. . Radical Islamic terror, whether you like talking about it or not Piers, its a fact.
You look at whats going on in UK and you look at whats going on all over the world, you can try and shield it. Given the amount of offence, Trump was asked if he regrets the retweets.
He added: Look, it was done because I am a big believer in fighting radical Islamic terror. This was a depiction of radical Islamic terror.
Heres whats fair, if youre telling me theyre horrible people, horrible racist people I would certainly apologise if you would like me to do that.
I know nothing about them. I dont want to be involved with [these] people, but youre telling me about these people because I know nothing about these people. .
Trump (pictured during the interview in Switzerland) insisted that he did not know who Britain First were . Morgan (right) asked the President (left) about his relationship with the UK and he said that he is a tremendous supporter of Britain .
Trump (right) also met Mrs May (left) during a meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday . Piers condemned his friend in November, when he urged him to stop this madness after Trump retweeted Britain First.
Britain First Deputy Leader Jayda Fransen was pictured arriving at Belfast Laganside Courts today to face charges related to comments made about Islam. She demanded a sit down with Piers following his accusations.
Before the interview, the old friends were filmed joking together and Morgan shouted: Mr President!. Trump replied: Man, Ive missed you. Nice to see you, you doing well? .
When asked if he had been busy, Trump responded: A little busy but thats okay, its good to be with you.
And when they finally sat down to discuss his first year in office, Trump also revealed he has a very good relationship with Mrs May and added that the US will come to Britains defence is anything should happen.
He added: I can tell you I have a very good relationship with your Prime Minister who I just left. Shes been doing a very good job. We actually have a very good relationship, although a lot of people think we dont. .
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..
In November, Mrs May criticised the President for retweeting the three videos, the first of which was captioned: Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches.
The second appeared to show a Muslim man destroying a statue of the Virgin Mary while the third video was captioned: Islamic mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death. .
Trump (pictured) insisted that he is the least racist person that anybodys going to meet during the interview.
Morgan pushed him for an apology and he eventually said that he would say sorry after he was told the group were racist, fascist people .
Responding to suggestions that some figures in the UK would like him to be banned from visiting the country, Trump said: I hadnt heard about banning, I think a lot of the people in your country like what I stand for, they respect what I stand for and I do stand for tough borders.
He added: The real me is somebody that loves Britain, loves the UK. One of the biggest problems I have in winning, I wont be able to get back there so often. I would love to go there.
As you know, before this happened, I would be there a lot. Very special people and a very special place. I dont want to cause any difficulty for your country, that I can tell you..
Asked what he thought of attacks from his critics, he said: I dont care. Its just one of those things.. Morgan spoke live from Davos following the interview and said it was a significant climb down by the President.
He said: 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 retweeted. I questioned him on that.
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. I thought it was an interesting exchange, I dont think he really wanted to go to the point of apology. But I kept pushing him and eventually we did get there..
The reality is, he has apologised and he has said, I didnt know who these people were.
Piers added of the interview: Its very wide-ranging, we talk about everything from trophy hunting, to Meghan Markle, to Europe, to ISIS, all sorts of stuff.
Morgan, a MailOnline columnist and editor-at-large for Dailymail. com, is old friends with the US President (pictured with Trump and his family, Donald Trump, Jr. , left, and Ivanka Trump, right, in 2008 at the Apprentice finale).
The outspoken columnist for MailOnline has been a big supporter of Trump ever since (pictured together in 2010).
On Friday morning, Morgan said that Trump publicly apologised for retweeting the messages and added that the President said he did not know who they were. He wrote online: President Trump has publicly apologised for retweeting far-right group Britain First.
Says he didnt know who they were. I dont want to be involved with these people. If youre telling me theyre horrible racist people.
Following the outrage caused by the tweets, Trump subsequently pulled out of an expected visit to Britain to open the new US embassy building in London, which lead to speculation of a diplomatic rift.
Trumps appearance in the UK is now not expected until the second half of 2018 - and is likely to be met by protests.
Downing Street said: The PM and President concluded by asking officials to work together on finalising the details of a visit by the President to the UK later this year.
During their 40-minute meeting in Davos, Mrs May also raised the issue of aircraft manufacturer Bombardier, which has a major plant in Northern Ireland and is at the centre of a US trade dispute.
Morgan and Trump became friends while the former News of the World editor, who was working at CNN at the time, after he won the US Celebrity Apprentice.
Piers said last year: I genuinely like him. I have known him through ten years, and saw from The Apprentice he can be charming, funny, smart and his judgment is spot on.
He loved drama and arguments and making the right decision and being popular. The full interview will air on ITV on Sunday evening. Britain First leader dismisses claims master politician Trump apologised for tweet .
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