George Soros: 'Trump would like to establish a mafia state'

The Hungarian-American financier also hit out at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

By JUDITH MISCHKE 1/25/18, 9:54 PM CET

“In the United States, President Trump would like to establish a mafia state, but can’t,” the financier George Soros told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday. Soros said he saw the current U.S. president as a “temporary phenomenon” who would disappear by 2020, if not earlier.

The Hungarian-American Soros issued a warning about both Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying the two seem “willing to risk a nuclear war to keep themselves in power.” Soros also hit out at Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he referred to as a “dictator.”

“Russia is a mafia state,” Soros said.

On the EU, Soros suggested “that a multi-speed, multi-track approach” would be the “most successful” solution to its problems.

https://www.politico.eu/article/george-soros-donald-trump-would-like-to-establish-a-mafia-state/