President Donald Trump this week announced a very expensive automotive purchase.
In a speech at the General Motors “proving ground” facility in Michigan, Trump was talking up GM’s product line, including the Cadillac Escalade. Then he implied that the government had ordered up a bunch of Escalades.
“We ordered, I think, 250 Escalades, right?” Trump said, per a transcript. “We ordered 250 Escalades. That’s so we look sharp in those cavalcades, you know? We look sharp in those Escalades. Our guys are very spoiled. They’re very spoiled, they like the Escalades. So do I. They were great to deal with. General Motors — they’re making literally 250 of them and it was about time.”
Per Snopes, Trump certainly made that claim in a public speech, although it’s unclear what he was referring to or whether such an order ever took place.
NEW: President Trump reveals that the White House has ordered 250 new Cadillac Escalades for the presidential motorcade.
“Our guys are very spoiled. They like the Escalade. So do I.”
“We look sharp in those Escalades.”
Trump praises General Motors for making the vehicles,… pic.twitter.com/4zlKQY62ma
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Adam Gabbatt wrote an op-ed for the Guardian, ripping Trump for making that purchase while Americans are struggling.
“Americans are struggling through a deepening affordability crisis caused largely by Trump’s ill-fated war against Iran. They are in need of a boost, something to lift the spirits. Perhaps the president could give a speech, letting the people know that we are all in this together,” Gabbatt writes. “He could give a speech announcing that the White House has just ordered 250 brand new Cadillac Escalades, giant SUVs which have a suggested retail price of more than $90,000 each and cost significantly more to customize for secure uses.”
Hey I know inflation is out of control and a lot of folks can’t afford basic necessities, but at least we’re tackling waste fraud and abuse by buying… *checks notes* 250 Escalades for the government. https://t.co/wfgbgofPG2
— Angry Staffer (@Angry_Staffer) July 28, 2026
“It’s all very well for the president: swanning about the midwest bulk-buying massive SUVs, “liking clean”, living in a fantasy world where he is handed awards left right and center,” The Guardian writer said.
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