For decades, billionaire investor George Soros has been seen by many on the right as the shadowy force behind some of the left’s most insidious political and cultural plots.
Now that his son, Alex, has taken over his controversial Open Society Foundations, the younger Soros has much of the same influence, if not more.
And he wasn’t shy about admitting it in a recent interview, as Tyler O’Neil wrote for TheBlaze:
Alex Soros, who runs his father George Soros’ Open Society Foundations, says he has no interest in running for public office — despite his strong desire to influence policy.
His reasoning? He already holds “a more impactful position now.”
And he’s right.
Journalist Roula Khalaf for the Financial Times asked Soros about his political ambitions in a wide-ranging interview.
“Would I run for office?” Soros said. “I wouldn’t rule anything out, but it’s hard for me to see how I’m not in a more impactful position now.”
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Such an admission probably won’t do much to quell the concerns already surrounding the massive influence he seems to wield in D.C. and around the world:
Alex Soros is a low IQ nepo baby with zero experience or expertise.
He openly flaunts the corruption and deep state control over our democracy.
His importance is solely derived from the fact that he has billions of $s to impose his radical agenda.
Anyone who lines up to kiss… pic.twitter.com/0ziSzlDWiR
— John LeFevre (@JohnLeFevre) September 27, 2024
Who elected George and Alex Soros? Where is George anyway? pic.twitter.com/5uGdSmZzdq
— mama_bear_liberty_2024 (@Liberty20278817) February 5, 2025
This you with Alex Soros? https://t.co/7g8TTBUi27 pic.twitter.com/EA3K8zrAZt
— Natalie F Danelishen (@Chesschick01) February 6, 2025
The New York Post opinion piece reflected on the apparent hypocrisy of Democrats who have courted Soros but now decry Elon Musk’s perceived influence within the Trump administration:
Anyone who follows Soros Jr. on social media will have noticed that he gets some pretty amazing photo opportunities. One day he’s posting a photo of himself with Nancy Pelosi. Next he’s standing next to Schumer. Another day he’s with Kamala Harris or Tim Walz (remember him?). Still another day he’s with Pete Buttigieg or Elizabeth Warren.
What a charmed life.
But why did all these people spend recent years shimmying up to Alex Soros? Is it the man’s charisma, brains, insight and originality? No, of course not. It’s because his father is a billionaire radical left-wing investor, and so is he.
Everyone knew that it was pay-to-play with the Democrats. If you or I asked every member of the Democratic high command for a meeting, it’s unlikely we’d get one. But change your name to Soros and you might get a different result.
So it’s not like Schumer & Co. care about non-elected people having any say in government. It’s just that they don’t like it — in fact, they really hate it — when it isn’t their guys.
There is no other principle here. The Dems who object to the work of DOGE are just angry that for once it isn’t their side that’s calling the shots.
Here’s some background on the rocky relationship between the two billionaires:
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