Billionaire George Soros' son Alex hailed the victory of the opposition Tisza party after Sunday's parliamentary elections. The head of Tesla Elon Musk came shortly with a reply.
“The Hungarian people have reclaimed their country! A categorical rejection of entrenched corruption and foreign interference,” George Soros' Hungarian-born son, who is currently, among other things, chairman of the board of the Open Society Foundation, wrote in a post on X.
Elon Musk was quick to hit back at Alex Soros' joy at the results of Hungary's election, which saw Viktor Orban's Fidesz party lose power after 16 years.
The American billionaire stated that, in his opinion, the Soros organization has taken control of Hungary.
George Soros was born into a Jewish family in Budapest and survived the Holocaust as a teenager, according to Deutsche Welle.
The Orban government has waged several anti-Soros campaigns over time, culminating in several laws that were later declared illegal by the European Court of Justice.
Hungary's opposition leader Peter Magyar won a landslide victory over incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orban in parliamentary elections on Sunday, which saw a record turnout of 79.5 percent, according to Hungarian media.
The opposition Tisza party is expected to win 138 seats in the 199-member Parliament, a two-thirds majority, according to partial results after 98.94% of the votes were counted.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party would get 55 seats.
