Billionaire philanthropist George Soros believes that Elizabeth Warren is the top Democrat in the field vying to take on President Donald Trump in 2020, he told The New York Times in an interview published on Friday.

"She has emerged as the clear-cut person to beat," he said, according to the paper. "I don't take a public stance, but I do believe that she is the most qualified to be president."

Soros, a former currency trader and the target of a vast slate of right wing conspiracy theories, does not consider his position to be an endorsement. He said he will not endorse any candidate.

“I don't express my views generally because I have to live with whoever the electorate chooses," he said.

Financiers are divided on Warren, who has proposed a bevy of new taxes and criticized corporate greed. But Soros has previously expressed views in line with the progressive Massachusetts senator, and has long called for the government to increase his taxes.

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