'Conman and the ultimate narcissist': George Soros's blunt assessment of President Trump
Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros has long criticized the ideologies and policies of President Donald Trump, frequently questioning his fitness for the office. Soros once delivered a rather blunt assessment of Trump, calling him a "con man" and "the ultimate narcissist" who had a fantasy of becoming the president. Soros, who has long been engaged with democratic and left institutions, emerged as one of Trump's most prominent ideological opponents since his 2016 presidential run. Since becoming President, Trump has often targeted Soros and his Open Society Foundations (OSF) for allegedly funding protests against him.
Soros, a hedge fund billionaire born in Hungary, built a political and philanthropic empire over the past decades through the OSF. At the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2020, the former financier pledged a donation of $1 billion to fund a new global network of universities designed to promote liberal values and his vision of an open society. After he called it the "most important and enduring project" of his life, he went on to launch an attack on his ideological opponent. He attacked Trump, calling him a "con man and the ultimate narcissist who wants the world to revolve around him." He went on to add that when Trump's "fantasy" of becoming President came true, his "narcissism developed a pathological dimension". He claimed that at the time, Trump had "transgressed the limits" imposed on the presidency and was rightly impeached for it.
Soros has long been dogged by wild conspiracy theories, and given his staunch criticism of the President, he has become a constant target of the Trump administration as well. Last year, Trump accused him of funding violent protests against him, including the "No Kings" protest, which reportedly drew millions to the streets in June, 2025. The President threatened a federal investigation against Soros and his son, Alex Soros, on racketeering and corruption charges for allegedly funding the protests. "George Soros, and his wonderful Radical Left son, should be charged with RICO because of their support of Violent Protests, and much more, throughout the United States of America," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
Reacting to the mass protests, Trump further told reporters, claiming no evidence, that the "No Kings" protests were "paid for by Soros and other radical left lunatics. It looks like it was. We're checking it out," The Guardian reported. Taking matters forward, Vice President J.D. Vance alleged that Soros's OSF was among "agitators" who were responsible for protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, threatening that he would go after the NGO network.
In response, Soros's group criticized the Trump administration for "politically motivated attacks on civil society." In a statement, the group described the counter from the administration as an attempt to "silence speech the administration disagrees with and undermine the First Amendment right to free speech." The statement added that the OSF doesn't fund terrorism and all its activities are peaceful, and its work in the U.S. is solely to "strengthen democracy" and "uphold constitutional freedom."
