Disagreement: billionaire Buffett will not support Trump or Harris in the elections: EADaily

American billionaire Warren Buffett, 94 years old, will not support any of the current candidates for the presidency of the United States. This is reported in a statement published on the website of the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Bloomberg reports.

Buffett’s statement came two weeks before the US presidential election and aims to stop speculation on this topic on the Internet.

“Due to the increased use of social media, numerous false claims have been made regarding Mr. Buffett’s endorsement of investment products and his endorsement and support of political candidates. Mr. Buffett does not currently endorse and will not in the future endorse investment products or endorse or support political candidates,” the statement said.

Buffett has supported Democratic candidates in the past, including Hillary Clinton in the 2016 elections against him Donald Trump. The billionaire has not shown public support for Trump’s current opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, notes the group.

How it was given EADailyfounded by Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates recently 50 million to give dollars to a non-profit organization that supports the election campaign of US Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, the New York Times reported, citing three sources.

As per the announcement, such donation was supposed to remain confidential. It was noted that Gates made his donation to the non-profit Future Forward, the main outside fundraising organization supporting Harris.

As a reminder, although individual campaign contributions in the United States are capped at $3,300 per person, loopholes in the funding system allow large donors to contribute money to so-called political action committees that support special candidates. The Financial Times wrote about this.

According to official information, the entrepreneur Elon Musk he made several contributions to the campaign Donald Trump in the third quarter of 2024. According to the independent non-profit organization OpenSecrets, we are talking about an amount of more than $75 million.