“I’ve said this before, but America works,” he told CNBC late Thursday. “It’ll work wonderfully under [2016 Democratic presidential nominee] Hillary Clinton and I think it’ll work fine under Donald Trump.”
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Buffett, who endorsed Clinton over Trump, said the latter would have “the most important job in the world” following his inauguration Friday.
The Berkshire Hathaway CEO added, however, the U.S. has a “secret sauce” that transcends any one president.
“It doesn’t work all the time perfectly,” he said of the nation. “But you just look at where we go, milestone after milestone. Never bet against America.”
“There will be hiccups from time to time in the economy,” Buffett added as an example. “[But] we’ll do well over time.”
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