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BumRushDaShow

(160,136 posts) Wed Aug 27, 2025, 07:10 PM Aug 27

Trump threatens George Soros and 'Radical Left Son' with Diddy-like federal charges over 'violent protests'

Source: The Independent

Wednesday 27 August 2025 19:43 BST

Donald Trump is demanding that the Department of Justice bring rarely used and hard-to-prove federal racketeering charges against Democratic mega-donor George Soros and his son, Alex — baselessly claiming they support “violent protests.”

The president took to his Truth Social platform on Wednesday to say that the elder Soros and “his wonderful Radical Left son” — who is now running his father’s Open Society Foundation nonprofit — should be charged with violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a 1970 law providing for extended criminal penalties against participants in ongoing criminal organizations.

“We’re not going to allow these lunatics to rip apart America any more, never giving it so much as a chance to “BREATHE,” and be FREE,” Trump wrote. The president also said the 95-year-old philanthropist “and his group of psychopaths” have somehow “caused great damage to our Country!” He then added: “That includes his Crazy, West Coast friends. Be careful, we’re watching you! Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

The post marks the latest bid by the president to gin up criminal cases against his adversaries.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-george-soros-rico-federal-charges-protests-b2815224.html

Mad King George III.

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Trump threatens George Soros and 'Radical Left Son' with Diddy-like federal charges over 'violent protests' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 27 OP

Love the meme underpants Aug 27 #1

From Hamilton. tanyev Aug 27 #2

... ancianita Aug 27 #3

I had no idea when I saw this in 2018 that it would be a reality. live love laugh Aug 28 #8

Lin-Manuel Miranda BumRushDaShow Aug 28 #10

Here's more reality about the trump mentality... ancianita Aug 28 #11

And the 3rd... BumRushDaShow Aug 28 #14

George Soros should sue him MLWR Aug 27 #4

Isn't he dead yet? BidenRocks Aug 27 #5

Sounds like IQ 45 minus 47 couldn't extort money from Soros. GreenWave Aug 27 #6

Point one finger Smilo Aug 27 #7

If Trump wants to see a lunatic iemanja Aug 28 #9

MaddowBlog-Trump targets Soros as part of a larger campaign against the left's infrastructure LetMyPeopleVote Aug 28 #12

Mad King Donald. tavernier Aug 28 #13

underpants

(192,975 posts)

1. Love the meme

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Aug 27, 2025, 07:21 PM

Aug 27

No idea who it is. Peter Cook?

tanyev

(47,774 posts)

2. From Hamilton.

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 27, 2025, 07:45 PM

Aug 27

Actor is Jonathan Groff.

ancianita

(41,788 posts)

3. ...

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 27, 2025, 07:46 PM

Aug 27

Looks like Jonathan Groff

live love laugh

(15,890 posts)

8. I had no idea when I saw this in 2018 that it would be a reality.

Reply to ancianita (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 01:13 AM

Aug 28

BumRushDaShow

(160,136 posts)

10. Lin-Manuel Miranda

Reply to live love laugh (Reply #8)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 05:36 AM

Aug 28

definitely included an underlying "politically current" set of references in the musical!

ancianita

(41,788 posts)

11. Here's more reality about the trump mentality...

Reply to live love laugh (Reply #8)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 10:08 AM

Aug 28

The felon's presumption of kingly privilege is at least as serious now as then.

BumRushDaShow

(160,136 posts)

14. And the 3rd...

Reply to ancianita (Reply #11)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 06:58 PM

Aug 28

MLWR

(535 posts)

4. George Soros should sue him

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Aug 27, 2025, 08:02 PM

Aug 27

at the very least for defamation, but I'm sure his lawyers could come up with all kinds of other reasons.

BidenRocks

(2,194 posts)

5. Isn't he dead yet?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Aug 27, 2025, 09:02 PM

Aug 27

GreenWave

(11,573 posts)

6. Sounds like IQ 45 minus 47 couldn't extort money from Soros.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Aug 27, 2025, 09:04 PM

Aug 27

Other billionaires march to trump like sheeple.

Smilo

(1,984 posts)

7. Point one finger

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Aug 27, 2025, 10:14 PM

Aug 27

there are 3 more pointing back at him - typical trump.

iemanja

(56,700 posts)

9. If Trump wants to see a lunatic

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 01:39 AM

Aug 28

He need only look in the mirror.

LetMyPeopleVote

(169,765 posts)

12. MaddowBlog-Trump targets Soros as part of a larger campaign against the left's infrastructure

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 05:29 PM

Aug 28

The president called for a progressive donor to be charged with racketeering, following the tyrants’ playbook about how to deal with political opposition.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-george-soros-racketeering-allegations-rcna227733

Donald Trump has spent nearly a decade peddling absurd claims about “paid protesters” — as if anyone who disagrees with him must necessarily be corrupt and inauthentic — and the president kept that push going in an awkwardly worded online statement last week.....

A week later, the president seemed to go into a bit more detail this week. NBC News reported:

Trump said on Truth Social this morning that billionaire philanthropist George Soros and his son Alex Soros should be charged with racketeering. ‘George Soros, and his wonderful Radical Left son, should be charged with RICO because of their support of Violent Protests, and much more, all throughout the United States of America,’ Trump wrote. ... It’s unclear what protests Trump, who has repeatedly attacked the Soros family, was referring to or what prompted his post.

In the same online missive, Trump also wrote, in a message directed at a “friend” of Soros, “Be careful, we’re watching you!”....

I’m reminded of an important observation The New York Times made in March: “Mr. Trump and his allies are aggressively attacking the players and machinery that power the left, taking a series of highly partisan official actions that, if successful, will threaten to hobble Democrats’ ability to compete in elections for years to come.”

The evidence to bolster the point isn’t hard to find. After all, in recent months, the Trump administration has targeted leading Democratic officials the president doesn’t like; it’s also opened an investigation into Media Matters, which came on the heels of Trump directing the Justice Department to investigate ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s most important fundraising platform, all while targeting prominent Democratic supporters.

Now, abandoning subtlety about his authoritarian vision, Trump is calling for a leading progressive donor to be charged with racketeering, based on nothing whatsoever, sticking to the tyrants’ playbook about how to deal with political opposition.

Back in 2018, a good friend ran for District Attorney in my county. Another good friend helped him go through the interview process with a Soros affiliated group to get funding. It took three or four meetings but my friend was funded by the Soros affiliate and won.

I expect to see a nasty fight this cycle with Soros coming up.

tavernier

(13,937 posts)

13. Mad King Donald.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 06:35 PM

Aug 28

How long before he hits the floor foaming at the mouth?

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