Trump tries to change regime in Brazil, but will fail, says son of George Soros

Donald Trump today represents an active threat to the sovereignty of countries around the world, including Brazil, but their attempts to destabilize governments have so far produced the opposite effect. The diagnosis is by Alex Soros, chairman of the board of the Open Society Foundations and son of billionaire George Soros.

“He (Trump) is making Lula more popular,” Soros said in an interview published on Monday (25) by S.Paulo Folhaheld during a visit to Brazil, where he met with ministers such as Fernando Haddad, Marina Silva and Anielle Franco.

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In the conversation, he cites the US offensive against the Lula administration, including rates, sanctions, and pressures on Federal Supreme Court decisions, especially on issues related to the regulation of big techs. Soros says these actions configure a clear attempt of “change of regime”, with Eduardo Bolsonaro “dictating aspects of US policy to Brazil.”

For him, “Trump’s behavior is a threat to sovereignty around the world,” but “everywhere where he tried to interfere or get a proxy, he failed.” He argues that the Brazilian case follows the same standard, and ends up benefiting President Lula. “People want to vote against Trump,” he said.

Impossible dialogue with Trump

For Soros, there is no room for dialogue with Trump. “There is nothing that can negotiate with Trump. Has anyone made a deal or did business with Trump and ended up doing well? Outside Putin and Xi Jinping?”

Soros articulates a broader criticism of what he calls the “interference model” promoted by Trump, who would have already failed in other countries. “With Mark Carney (Canada), Australians in Romania, Trump lost everywhere where he tried to influence elections except Poland.”

One of the most visible fields of this offensive, according to Soros, is that of technology. He accuses Trump of pressuring allies to protect the interests of American big techs. “In Canada, Trump threatened to break trade agreement if the government did not suspend the digital tax; in Brazil, the US puts pressure on the Supreme’s decision that changes the Big Techs’ responsibility regime.”

“This is external interference. And the worst is that they are monopolies,” he said, advocating a new cycle of global regulation inspired by early 20th century antitrust policies. “We will need a Roosevelian moment of antitrust so that the system remains fair.”