Billionaire businessman, George Soros, called out the Trump administration for being a ‘danger to the world’.
The 87-year-old made the comment during a dinner he hosted on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
He told his audience that he believes President Donald Trump wants to create a ‘mafia state’ in the US, but can’t because of the strength of the country’s underlying institutions. Soros didn’t elaborate on what he meant.
Billionaire businessman, George Soros (left), called out the Trump administration for being a ‘danger to the world’
‘I consider the Trump administration a danger to the world,’ the billionaire investor said in his speech.
‘But I regard it as a purely temporary phenomenon that will disappear in 2020, or even sooner.’ Soros predicted a Democratic ‘landslide’ in the 2018 elections.
‘I give President Trump credit for motivating his core supporters brillaintly, but for every core supporter he has created a greater number of core opponents who are
The businessman-turned philanthropist has been a consistent critic of Trump who is also in Davos, the first US president to attend since Bill Clinton in 2000.
Trump found a softer way to package his ‘America First’ agenda he strode through the conference center on his first day in Davos, calling for prosperity and ‘great peace’.
‘I think the real message is we want great prosperity and we want great peace,’ Trump said after holding back-to-back meetings with British Prime Minister Theresa May and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Soros has been a consistent critic of Trump who is also in Davos, the first US president to attend since Bill Clinton in 2000. Trump is pictured at the World Economic Forum on Thursday
‘And I think that really is the message,’ Trump told pool reporters who trailed him at each scheduled meeting at the gathering of bigwigs in the snowy Alpine town.
Trump also renewed his public pitch for investors to pour money into the US.
A lot of people are coming back to the US. ‘We are seeing tremendous investment,’ he said. ‘And today’s been a very exciting day, very great day and great for our country,’ the president said.
Trump landed on Thursday in Switzerland, where his outsized personality and determination to push an ‘America First’ agenda was upending the annual Davos conference.
To an extent, the annual confab of billionaires and CEOs was centering around Trump even before Air Force One touched down in Zurich, then flew aboard Marine One to Davos in the Swiss Alps.
Trump is due to address delegates Friday.