'They are the same animal': Trump compared to liberal nemesis by his own cabinet

One of Trump's own cabinet members compared him to his liberal nemesis, according to a new report.

In the book Regime Change, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is revealed to say that Trump is the same as billionaire liberal donor George Soros, according to reporting by The Guardian.

"Trump reminded him...of his old boss, the legendary investor and major Democratic donor George Soros," reads a passage of the book shared by The Guardian in which Bessent speaks to his associates. "'They are the same animal,' Bessent said."

Soros is a constant target of MAGA and Trump, who even threatened to investigate him for racketeering in Truth Social posts. Bessent worked as the chief investment officer at the Soros Fund Management and reportedly played a big role in building the fortune that has fueled Soros’ political and charitable donations, according to previous reporting.

Last year, Bessent reportedly told a room full of billionaires that both Trump and Soros are "impatient," according to reporting by Bloomberg.

The Regime Change passage highlighted in The Guardian reporting details how negotiations between Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy stalled because Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick fought over how a minerals deal should be worded.

Trump reportedly went around Bessent and Lutnick and "asked J.D. Vance's wife, Usha, also a Yale Law School graduate, to review the Ukrainian edits to the minerals deal," according to a passage from the book published by The Guardian. "She declared the document 'awful,' and [took] a heavy pencil to it."