Almost 50,000 people have said they plan to attend a protest against Donald Trump when he visits the UK next month.
In April it was confirmed that Trump would make his first visit to the UK on Friday, July 13.
It wont be an official state visit and it is instead being called a working visit but Trump is still expected to meet with Theresa May and the Queen during his time here.
But it seems he wont be receiving a warm welcome from everyone he meets.
A Facebook group titled Protest Trumps Visit has had more than 133,000 people say they are interested in attending, and 47,000 say they plan on going to the protest in London.
The plan is for people to meet at Broadcasting House – the home of the BBC – in Portland Place, Marlyebone, at 2pm, before marching to Trafalgar Square.
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Trump had originally planned to visit when the new US embassy was opened in Battersea in January but cancelled before any final decisions could be made.
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He cancelled amid threats of huge protests but Trump insisted the reason for his absence was because the new embassy was a bad deal.
At the time he tweeted: Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for peanuts, only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars.
Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO.
The final deal was signed off by Obama – but the original decision to move the embassy from its prime location in Mayfair to Battersea was made by George W. Bush.
This protest wont be the first that London has seen since Trump moved into the White House.
In the days following his inauguration, thousands blocked the roads outside Downing Street when he proposed a travel ban from six predominately Muslim countries.
The following month, more protests took place in Parliament Square as MPs debated Trumps visit.
The debate was triggered by two petitions, one against a state visit, which got 1.85 million signatures, and one in favour which got 311,000.
Trump is currently in Singapore in preparation for his ground breaking summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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