He remained silent.
He didn't say anything despite the world's richest man slamming him.
George Soros stayed quiet when Elon Musk viciously attacked him last May, going so far as to use a controversial comparison against the legendary financier.
The Techno King, as Musk is known at EV maker Tesla, launched a crusade on May 15 against Soros, by comparing him to the character Magneto, a Jewish supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, who "hates humanity" and who "wants to erode the very fabric of civilization."
Soros, 92, is Jewish and a Holocaust survivor.
Musk then accused Soros of buying off district attorneys by funding their election campaigns so that they become his "pets" and obey his orders.
"Soros astutely identified a massive arbitrage opportunity in district attorney elections, where a relatively small amount of money has outsized influence," the billionaire said on May 17. "Soros’s instructions to his pet prosecutors were (essentially) to minimize prosecuting even violent criminals."
'Jewish Supervillain'
"That’s why a criminal – someone who had already stabbed his roommate – could brutally assault Dave Chapelle on stage with that same deadly weapon and yet receive merely a misdemeanor!" Musk charged, without providing evidence.
The attacks drew criticism from civil rights groups.
To see Elon Musk comparing Soros to "a Jewish supervillain, claiming Soros ‘hates humanity’ — is not just distressing, it’s dangerous," said Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, a civil rights group that tracks and reports antisemitic actions. "It will embolden extremists who already contrive anti-Jewish conspiracies and have tried to attack Soros and Jewish communities as a result."
These criticisms would have put off the average person. But Musk found in them motivation to double down on his attack on Soros.
"I’d like apologize for this post," the billionaire posted on May 17, suggesting that Soros is even worse than the supervillain. "It was really unfair to Magneto."
And while his critics still had not understood that they would not get in his way, the tech mogul then amped up the accusations made by conspiracy theorists against Soros.
"Does the public realize that Soros wants open borders? Literally not even checking to see if they’re convicted serial killers on the run, which has happened more than once," Musk argued on May 18, without providing evidence.
'I'm the Go-to-Man'
Nearly a month after these accusations and attacks, which came after Soros Fund Management (SFM) had indicated that it had liquidated its stake in Tesla, the famous financier has just responded.
"I'm the go-to man when they want to blame someone," Soros told the Wall Street Journal in an interview when asked about Musk's invectives.
Basically, Soros says that he's an easy target when things go wrong or things don't go the way people want them to.
Musk had himself admitted that he had gone too far in his attacks on Soros.
"I will endeavor to be more thoughtful in the future. Comic book analogies are obviously imperfect, to say the least. Just because George Soros can bend metal using his mind doesn’t mean he’s Magneto!!" Musk said on May 18.
He then explained the differences he has with Soros over some issues, including crime and immigration.
"Anyway, my actual concern with Soros is that he has funded so many politicians and DAs who are soft even on violent crime, which has caused great damage to many cities," Musk said.
He argued: "Also, while I am very much in favor of expanding legal immigration, we must have some vetting of who comes in, so that we do not allow dangerous felons to prey upon innocent Americans."
