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Locutusofborg

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18. Soros and Trump were once business partners

Sun Jan 5, 2025, 03:23 PM

Jan 5

Soros bailed out Trump in the Trump Tower Chicago financing and Trump just nominated a Soros disciple, Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. Bessent worked for Soros as chief of Soros Fund Management in Europe.
https://fortune.com/2024/11/27/scott-bessent-treasury-george-soros/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-took-liberal-icon-george-soross-money/

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Why do MAGA's hate George Soros? [View all] Cyrano Jan 5 OP

Projection. Baitball Blogger Jan 5 #1

Precisely BoRaGard Jan 5 #5

Exactly hot2na Jan 5 #8

Same reason we hate the Koch brothers and Musk MichMan Jan 5 #2

This is correct. TheProle Jan 5 #16

trying to neometalfan Jan 5 #35

Hi! I was wondering where you were. GP6971 Jan 5 #39

Odd reply, does it take one to know one? KS Toronado Jan 5 #40

I don't think simply agreeing with another poster warrants your accusation. TheProle Jan 6 #50

Does Soros live at Biden's house? Kingofalldems Jan 5 #24

I don't recall Charles or David Koch ever living at Mar a Lago n/t MichMan Jan 6 #51

I'm not aware that he's ever had the kind of influence on public policy Crunchy Frog Jan 5 #27

He's a mega donor. He backed our progressive DA. We had another Democrat, who was more conservative LeftInTX Jan 5 #41

Thats it! And they hate it. But trumps Treasury pick was Soro's PARTNER! Callie1979 Jan 5 #29

Yup. As a result of his life experiences under authoritarian governments, wnylib Jan 5 #48

Three reasons usonian Jan 5 #3

There's other Jewish billionaires with more money than Soros Polybius Jan 5 #34

Soros became a worldwide lightning rod for anti-semitism. usonian Jan 5 #36

Fox News and Infowars tell them who they should hate. Initech Jan 5 #4

Because they've been told to. They don't actually know anything about him. Scrivener7 Jan 5 #6

Everything that MAGA accuses Soros of, Musk is doing the same x1000000. Yavin4 Jan 5 #7

Good question. They are reverential of billionaires in general and how are theirs supporting R's different? hlthe2b Jan 5 #9

Sheldon and Miriam Edelson Deep State Witch Jan 5 #22

Miriam wanted to add a Book of Trump to the Bible. Crunchy Frog Jan 5 #30

OOH can I write that. I love satire and Mark Twain is one of my heroes. usonian Jan 5 #37

But they pretty much worship Elon Musk the richest person in the world ArnoldLayne Jan 5 #10

I thought they hated him Tickle Jan 5 #11

The name "George Soros" is a right wing synonym for "Jew." Cyrano Jan 5 #12

He's a mega donor. And yes, he backs progressives. He backed our DA. $1 million was just for the primary! LeftInTX Jan 5 #43

K&R spanone Jan 5 #13

they have the kochs and such, and fantasize that we musr hhave such sponsors as well. rampartd Jan 5 #14

Yes. It's to deflect from their own nests of billionaire vipers. Crunchy Frog Jan 5 #31

soros is a donor. maybe a big one rampartd Jan 5 #32

Soros has been demonized in Hungary by Orban as well andym Jan 5 #15

Because they were told to Fullduplexxx Jan 5 #17

Soros and Trump were once business partners Locutusofborg Jan 5 #18

Because they are told to Johonny Jan 5 #19

Jew don't know? Behind the Aegis Jan 5 #20

Because Jews shouldn't have all that money, power, and influence. no_hypocrisy Jan 5 #21

I had never heard that phrase before. underpants Jan 5 #28

he's one of the redmeat codewords repukes use to manipulate their bigoted base Skittles Jan 5 #23

Thanks, Skittles. That's precisely the point of this OP Cyrano Jan 6 #53

Soros was a frequent target of Rush Limbaugh. In my rural area of Fla., Limbaugh's radio allegorical oracle Jan 6 #55

Wow---I see some Trump/Musk hall monitors stepped into this thread. Kingofalldems Jan 5 #25

Yep. Their stench is like dog poop on your shoe. Cyrano Jan 6 #54

And yet somehow they don't seem to mind the Adelsons. Crunchy Frog Jan 5 #26

It's about funding the other side iemanja Jan 5 #47

The fact that Soros is Jewish is icing on the hate cake. dgauss Jan 5 #33

he's a Jewish billionaire elleng Jan 5 #38

Bingo. roamer65 Jan 5 #42

explain Sheldon & Miriam Adelson, Jan Koum, Stephen Schwarzman, Ryan Cohen cadoman Jan 5 #45

"They've been taught to hate him" Ferrets are Cool Jan 5 #44

Because he funds Democrats. Just like Dems hate Peter Thiel and others. iemanja Jan 5 #46

Reminder. Soros became a worldwide lightning rod for anti-semitism. usonian Jan 6 #49

Same thing woth Hannibal Lector. If Trump can put applegrove Jan 6 #52