The bomb sent to his house last week, allegedly by a rabid fan of Donald Trump, has cemented George Soros’s status as the official bugbear of the American right.
Earlier this month, President Trump contributed to the financier’s totemic status by falsely accusing him of paying protesters at the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.
The billionaire has been thrust into the same role in the United States that he has occupied in Europe for decades: the object of twisted fascination for far-right conspiracy theorists and anti-Semites who see a hidden hand wherever they look.
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