Warren Buffett Just Roasted Trump’s Tariffs—and Hinted at World-Ending Consequences 😳💥

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Picture this: It’s the Berkshire Hathaway 2025 annual shareholder meeting. There’s free popcorn, Warren Buffett’s in his usual grandfather-whispering-secrets-to-the-masses mode, and suddenly, the subject of Trump’s America First trade policy comes up. Instantly, the vibe shifts from “letting the good times roll” to “maybe hide under the table.” Buffett, never one for grand theatrics (unless you count the Dairy Queen blizzards), basically suggested tariffs are like knocking on your neighbor’s door—not for a cup of sugar, but to threaten nuclear war. Classic stuff, right?

Here’s Warren, Not-So-Subtly Freaking Out About Tariffs and Nukes

So, there’s Buffett, the man who’s seen more hamburgers and recessions than most people have seen reruns of Friends. He politely eviscerated the Trumpian approach to trade—these bilateral tariffs popping up like mushrooms in a dark, moist White House.

The moment was, in true Buffett style, polite but about as biting as you can get without using teeth. He didn’t actually say “Trump” because the Oracle of Omaha is far too Midwestern for open confrontation. Instead, he warned that turning trade into a weapon is a very “let’s see who can hold their breath the longest in a room filling with nerve gas” kind of move. Not great.

On this, Buffett stated:

There is no question that trade can be an act of war. It has led to bad things — the attitudes that it has brought out.

You know it’s serious when Buffett sounds like your mom when you’re roughhousing near her “good” vase. Only in this case, the vase is “the entire planet” and the stakes are “nuclear winter” rather than “no dessert.”

Buffett, channeling his best ‘wise owl at panic town square’ energy, warned that playing tariff games in a world with a bunch of countries armed to the teeth might not end with a rousing chorus of Kumbaya. “I do not think it’s a great idea where a few countries say: ‘Ha-ha we won!’”—which, as diplomatic shade goes, is basically Buffett dabbing on global geopolitics.

With eight countries with nuclear weapons — including a few that I would call quite unstable — I do not think it’s a great idea where a few countries say: ‘Ha-ha we won!’ and other countries are envious.

If this sounds familiar, it’s because Buffett has been yelling into the economic void for years about tariffs making everything worse—like an old man warning about the dangers of Chunky Soup with bits in it. Back in March, trying desperately to punch through the MAGA noise machine, he joked, “The Tooth Fairy doesn’t pay ‘em!” about tariffs, which is true. Unless the Tooth Fairy is now also collecting sales tax, things are about to get weird.

For the grand finale, Buffett once again humbly suggested that maybe, just maybe, the U.S. should trade with other countries, focusing on strengths—not on, say, spiting people with nuclear weapons. “We do what we do best, they do what they do best, nobody blows up!” Not a direct quote, but you get the picture. And if you don’t—well, start practicing your fallout bunker recipes.🥣😬

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2025-05-04 11:58