Republicans love to attack George Soros, the left-leaning Hungarian-born Jewish billionaire philanthropist and Holocaust survivor who has contributed to a number of liberal and pro-democracy causes around the world. Often their criticisms stray into anti-Semitism, as well as a guilt-by-association logic where any politician whose projects have received funding from a group supported by Soros are but his puppets.
But ironically, by that logic, former President Donald Trump would have to be controlled by Soros too, reported The Daily Beast.
Soros, wrote Roger Sollenberger, is "like The Dude’s rug in The Big Lebowski — really tying the room together. Just add 'Soros-backed,' and watch it all magically, and antisemitically, come together. For instance, did your favorite ex-president get indicted for allegedly falsifying business records to conceal a hush-money payout to a porn star? There’s a Soros for that. Did a band of your favorite ex-president’s supporters launch a deadly pro-Nazi rally a few months after he was elected? There’s a Soros for that. Was your favorite ex-president’s Supreme Court nominee credibly accused of sexual assault? There’s a Soros for that. Are asylum-seekers attempting to seek refuge in your country, as sanctioned by international law? There’s a Soros for that."
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And yet, Sollenberger reported, "This month, Trump will attend a South Carolina fundraiser co-hosted by the man who literally ran Soros Fund Management for years — a man who has been described as a Soros 'protege,' who amassed billions of dollars for the Soros empire, and who left in 2015 to launch his own investment fund with $2 billion in founding money from none other than George Soros."
The fundraiser in question, Scott Bessent, reportedly "played a central role in building the fortune that has fueled Soros’ political and charitable funding — which, to be sure, has been one of the most influential forces underwriting Democratic politics and liberal policymaking over the last decade, if not the most influential," wrote Sollenberger. Now, he has founded a publishing company called "All Seasons Press," which works on backing Trump and his allies.
Notably, the report added, one right-wing figure who worked with ASP later sued them for fraud upon realizing the founder's ties to Soros.
This is not even the first time Trump has gotten close to people who got their start in Soros' circle. Another such figure, financier Steve Mnuchin, served as Trump's Treasury secretary in his first term.
