Let them eat SUVs: Trump White House orders fleet of luxury cars as Americans struggle

The Trump White House has ordered two hundred fifty Cadillac Escalades. This comes as Americans navigate an affordability crisis: gas prices have risen nearly a dollar a gallon since the president took office, mortgage rates hit their highest level in nearly a year, and an economist told The Guardian the Iran war is costing the average household more than twelve hundred dollars.

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