{"id":2427174,"date":"2025-04-24T19:07:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T23:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alex-soros-reveals-how-meeting-with-elon-musk-fell-through-after-2024-election-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T19:08:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T23:08:54","slug":"alex-soros-reveals-how-meeting-with-elon-musk-fell-through-after-2024-election-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alex-soros-reveals-how-meeting-with-elon-musk-fell-through-after-2024-election-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Soros reveals how meeting with Elon Musk fell through after 2024 election &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falex-soros-reveals-how-meeting-with-elon-musk-fell-through-after-2024-election-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2427174&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Alex Soros, teh son of billionaire George Soros, shared details about a potential meeting with Elon Musk that never materialized following the 2024 election. In an interview with New York Magazine, he revealed that despite their opposing political views\u2014Soros supporting Kamala Harris and Musk campaigning for Donald Trump\u2014Musk expressed interest in understanding Soros&#8217;s outlook. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-fbi-paid-for-russian-disinformation-to-frame-trump-and-7-other-takeaways-from-durhams-latest-court-filing-2\/\" title=\"The FBI Paid For Russian Disinformation To Frame ...\u2014And 7 Other Takeaways From Durham\u2019s Latest Court Filing\">mutual acquaintance attempted<\/a> to facilitate this meeting, but Soros never heard back from Musk, speculating that Musk may have been deterred by potential backlash from his supporters.The article highlights their contrasting beliefs regarding civil liberties and climate change, alongside recent tensions involving Musk&#8217;s criticisms of the Soros family and protests against Tesla linked to groups funded by Soros.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Alex Soros reveals how meeting with Elon Musk fell through after 2024 election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2024109\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1281010\/meet-alex-soros-the-37-year-old-successor-son-to-the-25-billion-george-soros-empire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Alex Soros<\/a>, the son of Democratic megadonor George Soros, disclosed further details about a meeting with Department of Government Efficiency leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> that fell through after the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>During an <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/alex-soros-george-soros-foundation-democrats-trump-politics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">interview<\/a> with<em> New York Magazine&rsquo;s<\/em> Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Alex Soros reflected on Musk&rsquo;s attempt to meet with him in November 2024. Despite the two men&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">divergent political outlooks &#038;mdash<\/a>; Alex Soros<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3249950\/soros-record-cash-local-news-network-influence-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> backed former Vice President Kamala Harris, <\/a>while Musk campaigned for President Donald Trump &mdash; the de facto DOGE head said he was curious to learn about the Soros heir&rsquo;s views.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3390378\/china-us-tariff-negotiations-trump-resumes-attacks\/\">Trump resumes attacks on China after it denies negotiating on tariffs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3390591\/2028-hats-trump-seeking-another-term-22-amendment-steve-bannon\/\">Official Trump Organization store selling &#8216;Trump 2028&#8217; hats<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3390416\/trump-personal-deadline-russia-ukraine-ceasefire-deal\/\">Trump says he has a personal &#8216;deadline&#8217; for Russia-Ukraine ceasefire deal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>But Alex Soros told Zuylen-Wood that after a mutual acquaintance put the two men in touch, he never heard back from Musk. He suggested Musk never reached back out due to fear of &ldquo;backlash from the MAGA crowd.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Alex tells me amusedly that after the election he drew the attention of Musk,&rdquo; Zuylen-Wood wrote. Alex Soros told the writer: &ldquo;He was responding to a lot of my tweets, liking them or stuff, and he [Musk] said, &lsquo;I&rsquo;d be curious to meet you and learn more about your goals.&rsquo;&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A mutual grantee tried to put them in touch,&rdquo; Zuylen-Wood continued, adding that Alex Soros said, &ldquo;We are both believers in civil liberties, or I guess we both used to believe in civil liberties; now, he&rsquo;s [Musk] against them. He used to be a believer in climate change; now, he&rsquo;s against it.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Alex says he never heard back [from Musk]: &lsquo;Maybe it was the backlash from the MAGA crowd or, I don&rsquo;t know, he got scared or he just wanted to troll me,&rsquo;&rdquo; Alex Soros said during the interview.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden, right, presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/our-prayers-are-with-rush-limbaughs-producer-issues-statement-amid-radio-hosts-absence\/\" title=\"\u2018Our Prayers Are With Rush\u2019: Limbaugh\u2019s Producer Issues Statement Amid Radio Host\u2019s Absence\">highest civilian honor<\/a>, to Alex Soros on behalf of his father George Soros, in the East Room of the White House, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Nov. 19, Musk said he would be &ldquo;curious to meet&rdquo; with Soros in response to an X post arguing that Trump&rsquo;s reelection was &ldquo;close&rdquo; and did not represent &ldquo;a powerful mandate.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would be curious to meet and understand your goals better,&rdquo; Musk wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1858972943549952470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post<\/a> to X.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I often learn most from people whose views are different than my own. Open to meeting,&rdquo; Alex Soros replied.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I would be curious to meet and understand your goals better<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1858972943549952470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Alex Soros is heir to George Soros, a controversial left-wing billionaire who founded the Open Society Foundations,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3155403\/alex-soros-white-house-biden-two-dozen-visits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> fostered close ties<\/a> to Democratic administrations,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3323031\/soros-funded-groups-wage-legal-battle-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> targeted the Trump administration&rsquo;s agenda<\/a>, and has heavily funded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2841822\/see-map-of-soross-million-dollar-prosecutors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">progressive causes<\/a> in the U.S. and abroad for decades.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the months after suggesting he would meet with Alex Soros, Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3332899\/musk-warning-anti-doge-eruptions-gop-town-halls-george-soros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">has railed against the Soros family<\/a>, claiming they are tied to groups funding and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-socialists-of-america-went-all-out-for-hamas-now-its-facing-a-financial-crisis\/\" title=\"DSA Supported Hamas, Now Faces Financial Crisis\">organizing nationwide protests<\/a> against DOGE. Those protests have targeted Republican lawmakers who support the bureaucracy-slashing initiative and have included vandalism of Tesla dealerships and products. Musk&rsquo;s Tesla brand has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3344283\/elon-musk-tesla-stock-trump-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">taken a hit<\/a> amid the backlash.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An investigation has found 5 ActBlue-funded groups responsible for Tesla &ldquo;protests&rdquo;: Troublemakers, Disruption Project, Rise &amp; Resist, Indivisible Project and Democratic Socialists of America.<\/p>\n<p>ActBlue funders include George Soros, Reid Hoffman, Herbert Sandler, Patricia Bauman,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1898369343399899218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3332899\/musk-warning-anti-doge-eruptions-gop-town-halls-george-soros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MUSK ISSUES WARNING AFTER ANTI-DOGE ERUPTIONS AT GOP TOWN HALLS REVEALED TO BE BACKED BY SOROS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FBI and Justice Department have characterized many of the violent acts against Tesla as &ldquo;domestic terrorism&rdquo; and opened investigations into the flood of incidents across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Indivisible, a Democratic-aligned network&nbsp;with ties to&nbsp;Soros, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1W0J4ZqFN40-9oNeRZXNqH3O6brlBwJWWKVGf15dSdGc\/preview?tab=t.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">organizing anti-Tesla campaigns<\/a>, and led a<a href=\"https:\/\/indivisiblesf.org\/hands-off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;nationwide protest<\/a>&nbsp;against Musk and Trump on April 5, with over 900 rallies planned in the U.S.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2024109\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2024109\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Soros shares details on a failed meeting with Elon Musk post-2024 election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2427175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Elon-Musk-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32431,37796,32192,4470,32076],"class_list":["post-2427174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-election","tag-alex-soros","tag-elon-musk","tag-meeting","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Elon-Musk-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2427174"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2427178,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427174\/revisions\/2427178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2427175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2427174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2427174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2427174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}