This Is Donald Trump’s Advice to a Young Daniel Radcliffe

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Years before Donald Trump began his run for president, the billionaire met Daniel Radcliffe and said what the Harry Potter star describes as the most “Trump-ish thing.”

The meeting happened when the two crossed paths on the Tonight Show, Radcliffe said in an interview with The Big Issue. Radcliffe told Trump that he wouldn’t know what to say on air. “‘You just tell them that you met Mr Trump!'” Trump reportedly told Radcliffe.

Radcliffe, who recently endorsed Jeremy Corbyn’s accession to the top spot in the Labour Party, said he thinks Donald Trump’s candidacy may be a secret gambit to throw support behind Hillary Clinton.

“If Trump was secretly working for Clinton to help her win, what would he be doing differently?” he asked.

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Donald Trump, owner of New York's Trump Tower, holds the bridle of a polo pony while talking to Andy Warhol on Nov. 4, 1983. Mario Suriani—AP
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Donald Trump, Don King and Barbara Walters on Dec. 12, 1987.Ron Galella—Getty Images
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Professional Wrestler Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant With Donald Trump. Russell Turiak—Getty Images
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Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, his wife, actress Robin Givens and Donald Trump, leave the New York State Supreme Court building on July 22, 1988.Charles Wenzelberg—AP
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Developer Donald Trump is flanked by super middleweight champion Thomas Hearns, left, of Detroit, and Michael Olajide of Canada at a news conference in New York on Feb. 15, 1990. Timothy Clary—AP
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Alec Baldwin is joined by Donald Trump and Melania Knauss at benefit for the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund at the Marriott Marquis Hotel on October 8, 1999.Richard Corkery—NY Daily News Archive/Getty Images
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Katie Couric, left, co-host of NBC-TV's "Today" show, is dressed like Donald Trump, right, during a spoof of his "The Apprentice" reality television show, on the morning program's annual Halloween segment on Oct. 29, 2004. Richard Drew—AP
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Donald Trump and Larry King arrive at the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump in New York on March 9, 2011.Charles Sykes—AP
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Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, left, and Donald Trump appear onstage at the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump in New York on March 9, 2011.Charles Sykes—AP
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Snoop Dogg and Donald Trump arrive at the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump in New York on March 9, 2011.Charles Sykes—AP
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Martha Stewart and Donald Trump at Richard "Skip" Bronson's, "The War at the Shore" Book Publication Party held at Loews Regency Hotel in New York City on June 11, 2012.Sylvain Gaboury—Sipa USA
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Tiger Woods stands with Donald Trump as he holds the Gene Serazen Cup for winning the Cadillac Championship golf tournament on March 10, 2013, in Doral, Fla. Wilfredo Lee—AP
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Donald Trump and recording artist and host Nick Jonas joke around onstage during the 2013 Miss USA pageant at PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on June 16, 2013 in Las Vegas.Ethan Miller—Getty Images

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