
Warren Buffett has been silent about the Trump tariffs since they were announced. That could come to an end this weekend.
Investors and economic onlookers will be paying even more attention than usual to the Oracle of Omaha's annual address to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders this Saturday. Despite what Trump and others have put on social media, Buffett, 94, has not weighed in on the impact of the most recent tariffs. In the past, however, he has given his thoughts, telling CBS anchor Norah O'Donnell, “Over time, they are a tax on goods. I mean, the tooth fairy doesn’t pay ’em! And then what? You always have to ask that question in economics. You always say, ‘And then what?’”