Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers are pushing for a Manhattan judge to ban cameras at his arraignment — arguing it will create a “circus-like atmosphere” in the courtroom.

Trump, 76, is scheduled to appear in Manhattan Supreme Court for the first time Tuesday afternoon to face criminal charges tied to alleged hush-money payments made in the lead-up to the 2016 election.

When news of Trump’s indictment broke last week, media outlets requested that Judge Juan Merchan allow for the unprecedented court proceedings to be broadcast publicly.

But Trump attorney Joe Tacopina has called for a camera ban, telling The Post via text on Monday: “We don’t normally allow cameras in courtrooms, why make an exception now? To make a spectacle. They want that. We don’t.”

Merchan, the judge overseeing the arraignment, had given the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and Trump’s team a deadline of 1 p.m. Monday to submit any objections to the media request, and was later expected to issue a ruling.

In a letter to the judge, which was obtained by CNN — one of the outlets requesting cameras be allowed in the courtroom — Trump’s team argued the petition should be denied “because it will create a circus-like atmosphere at the arraignment, raise unique security concerns, and is inconsistent with President Trump’s presumption of innocence.”

Trump, himself, made the decision to object to the cameras, a source with knowledge of the matter told The Post.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether prosecutors argued for or against cameras being allowed in the courtroom.

Trump is facing more than 30 counts of falsifying business records, including at least one felony charge, in a yet-to-be-unsealed indictment that was handed down by a Manhattan grand jury last week, sources said.

The probe is scrutinizing a $130,000 payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels in the waning days of his 2016 presidential campaign, as well as another six-figure payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal.

Trump — who maintains his innocence — has repeatedly blasted the hush money case as a “witch hunt” while attacking Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg over what he called a “political persecution.”

The unprecedented marks the first time a US president — current or former — has faced criminal charges.