Buffett has sung Cook's praise in the past, too. In his 2021 letter to Berkshire shareholders, he wrote, "Tim Cook, Apple's brilliant CEO, quite properly regards users of Apple products as his first love, but all of his other constituencies benefit from Tim's managerial touch as well."

President Donald Trump said he told Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook about the tech giant's manufacturing expansion in India, revealing details of their conversation during a news conference in Doha, Qatar on Thursday.