True or False: George Soros is a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor who created Open Society Foundations in 1979 to promote democratic governance and human rights globally.

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Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary as a 14-year-old Jewish boy during the Holocaust. This lived experience of authoritarianism shaped his philanthropy: he founded Open Society Foundations in 1979 to support democratic transitions in former Soviet states, fund independent media, and protect civil liberties globally. The irony is that Trump targets a Holocaust survivor with the same scapegoating tactics authoritarian regimes used against Jews—blaming a Jewish philanthropist for societal problems to rally political support and justify crackdowns on dissent.

True or False: George Soros is a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor who created Open Society Foundations in 1979 to promote democratic governance and human rights globally.

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