
Israel’s UN ambassador was literally going after the guy because he supports Palestinian humanitarian organizations. I would say it’s wild he gets so much hate considering he’s about as ethical as a billionaire can get, but that’s why he gets so much hate. Authoritarian governments have directed a propaganda campaign against him, because he facilitates global democracy
No one use to even talk about him. Eventually he became very vocal against the Iraq war and that’s when Bill O’Reilly decided to use him because he fit a mold no other outspoken liberal at the time did: extremely wealthy and in finance. So Bill could say “the elites are against our patriotic cause”
Then others jumped at the opportunity because he fit their mold for whatever their cause was. Antisemitism, financial manipulation etc. Putin decided to go hard against him because he’s also outspoken against climate change (and Putin himself). That’s where Russian propaganda started to push the more insidious false claims against him.