Virgin Group founder Richard Branson published a blog post recalling his 'bizarre' one-on-one meeting with Donald Trump at his Manhattan apartment a few years ago.
Branson wrote that the Republican presidential nominee invited him to lunch and because the two had not met one-on-one before, Branson accepted.
In the blog post Branson published Friday, he recounts Trump speaking of vengeance on a number of people.
Virgin Group founder Richard Branson (pictured) published a blog post recalling his 'bizarre' one-on-one meeting with Donald Trump at his Manhattan apartment a few years ago
Branson wrote that Donald Trump (center next to Melania in 2002) invited him to lunch and because the two had not met one-on-one before, Branson accepted. In the blog post Branson (right) recounts Trump speaking of vengeance on a number of people
The billionaire wrote: 'He began telling me about how he had asked a number of people for help after his latest bankruptcy and how five of them were unwilling to help.
'He told me he was going to spend the rest of his life destroying these five people.'
Branson wrote that Trump 'didn't speak about anything else', which he said, he found 'very bizarre'.
In response to Trump's promises of vengeance, Branson wrote that he told the GOP candidate that he 'didn’t think it was the best way of spending his life'.
'I said it was going to eat him up, and do more damage to him than them. There must be more constructive ways to spend the rest of your life.'
Branson said he left the lunch feeling 'disturbed and saddened' by the conversation.
Branson said he left the lunch feeling 'disturbed and saddened' by the conversation with Trump. Branson went on to compare his Trump encounter with the one-on-one lunch he had with Hillary Clinton, who he said is 'a good listener as well as an eloquent speaker'
The British media mogul went on to compare his Trump encounter with the one-on-one lunch he had with Hillary Clinton.
He wrote: 'Here we talked about education reform, the war on drugs, women’s rights, conflicts around the globe and the death penalty.
'She was a good listener as well as an eloquent speaker. As she understands well, the President of the United States needs to understand and be engaged with wider world issues, rather than be consumed by petty personal quarrels.'
Earlier this month, Branson wrote a similar blog post calling out Trump as an 'unfit' candidate for office.
In the same blog post, he also praised Clinton, calling her a 'leader of supreme experience and know how'.
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