Earlier this week Alex Soros, who now runs his father George’s “Open Society Foundations” met with Muhammad Yunus, the interim government chief of Bangladesh.
As has become standard for him, he made the meeting publicly known on his social media accounts. “Honored to be back in Dhaka to meet with [Muhammad Yunus], a champion of human rights and a longtime friend of [the Open Society Foundations]. This is a crucial time of transition for Bangladesh and we explored ways to deepen collaboration on critical reforms and investments.”
Honored to be back in Dhaka to meet with @Yunus_Centre, a champion of human rights and a longtime friend of @OpenSociety. This is a crucial time of transition for Bangladesh and we explored ways to deepen collaboration on critical reforms and investments. pic.twitter.com/jK2YQyCnCb
— Alex Soros (@AlexanderSoros) January 29, 2025
The timing of the meeting made it obvious what he was really there to discuss.
Donald Trump issued a halt on nearly all foreign aid in his first days as president, and the White House has also moved to end or suspend all projects that the U.S. had been supporting in Bangladesh. The only exception was aid to displaced Rohingya living in a refugee camp in the eastern part of the country.
The Chief Adviser's office said that "The Open Society Foundations leadership on Wednesday met [Yunnus] to discuss Bangladesh's efforts to rebuild the economy, trace siphoned-off assets, combat misinformation, and carry out vital economic reforms," but certainly the foreign aid freeze was a subject as well.
This visit also coincides with a period of significant political upheaval in Bangladesh, following the ouster of the comically corrupt former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August of the previous year, an event some allege was influenced by external forces, including those linked to Soros' network.
Hasina is accused of siphoning off roughly $234 billion during her 16-year tenure, and this isn’t meant to be a defense of her staying in power, but rather to show the influence of the Soros family in her replacement.
Yunus has turned to Alex for help in recovering those assets. While it remains a mystery how he would do so, it does show he believes (for good reason) that Alex wields immense power.
Ironically, Yunus himself has been plagued by corruption allegations - which one of the Soros family’s key allies, Hillary Clinton, has tried to stop;
On 1 June 2017, Charles E. Grassley, Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, wrote an explosive letter to Rex W. Tillerson, then Secretary of State, in which he outlined how former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (January 2009-February 2013 during the Barack Obama administration) pressured the government of Bangladesh, including Prime Minister Hasina, to terminate a corruption investigation into Yunus, who was, according to the letter, a significant donor to the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI).
As for Hasina’s ouster, according to the Sunday Guardian, an Indian newspaper, last year:
When former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, was interacting with leaders of 14 parties in a closed-door meeting at Ganabhaban, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, on the evening of 24 May, she warned them and perhaps as a reminder to herself of a “conspiracy” that was in play to remove her.
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Her concerns were proven right less than three months after her forecast.
While the following isn’t a smoking gun there was Soros involvement in having Yunus be the successor to Hasina, it sure comes close, and shows that his relationship with the Soros family goes back decades:
A report stated that in February 1999, Yunus secured a loan from the Soros Economic Development Fund and Open Society Institute, operated by the controversial businessman George Soros—who is known for interfering in countries to bring changes to suit his objectives—to buy 35% of the shares of Grameenphone Ltd., with conditions tied to Grameen Bank’s control.
Grameen Bank was founded by Yunus, and the aforementioned loan was for $11 million. Grameenphone would then go on to become one of the leading telecom company in the country. His bank was tied to another company called Grameen Telecom, a non-profit that would use some of its profits to fund so-called “social and welfare projects” in Bangladesh after repaying its loan to Soros.
When the government announced it was forming a committee to look into the bank, then U.S. Secretary of State Clinton said our government “would not endorse any action by the Bangladesh government to undermine Grameen Bank’s achievements.”Alex and Yunus previously met in October of last year ahead of the presidential election, where he referred to him as his “father’s old friend.” This was less than two months after Yunus took power.
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