Obama's Good Friend, Richard Branson Says: 'Trump Is A Disgrace To The Whole World'

English billionaire Richard Branson said exactly what's on all the world's mind in a blog post endorsing Hilary Clinton. 

In it, he writes, "Mr. Trump's temperament is irrational, aggressive and he lacks informed ideas on how to grow jobs in America."

While we all now know the horrifying outcome - Clinton lost and the words "President Trump" are haltingly being uttered together in sequence that's not a joke on an old episode of The Simpsons. 

How prescient Branson's words now sound, after we've sailed past the 100-day mark to find a president who continues to be irrational, aggressive, and lacking informed ideas.

Branson called him a "disgrace to America" - something most Americans right now seem to agree with. 

In case you didn't know Richard Branson is the billionaire businessman who founded the Virgin Group, a multinational corporation venture capital conglomerate that first came to prominence in the entertainment and music industry and later made waves in travel and is now actively investing in tech businesses. As a Brit, Branson didn't really have a horse in the American political race (beyond the basic understanding that American politics and how they affect the American economy has significant impact on the global economy). In fact, if anything - and if the predictions of having a pro-business billionaire entrepreneur in office would be nothing if not great for other wealthy business owners - Branson stood to gain from Trump's appointment. So why did he disparage Trump and throw his support behind Clinton despite the fact that many of his peers supported Trump's pro-business economic policies? 

While it certainly didn't hurt Clinton's cause that Branson is good friends with former President Obama, Branson's support for Clinton came from a place of his personal belief that humans come before business.

He expressed his desire to one day see an entrepreneur in the White House, but emphasized that that entrepreneur shouldn't be Donald Trump. He wrote, "An entrepreneur president would put [job growth] at the heart of his plans and yet his fear-based campaign blames immigrants and open borders. America was built upon a collective embracing of diversity and openness – not division and close-mindedness. There are too many examples of Mr Trump’s lack of empathy and respect to name."

Unfortunately it was all for naught and we're stuck in an all-too-terrifying reality in which "President Trump" is a real thing. Thanks for trying though, Mr. Branson.