President Trump reveals 250 Cadillac Escalades ordered for motorcade
President Trump said during a speech in Michigan that his administration has ordered 250 Cadillac Escalades for the presidential motorcade.
President Donald Trump told an audience in Michigan that the White House has ordered 250 Cadillac Escalades, the flagship sport utility vehicle in the luxury auto brand’s lineup, for the presidential motorcade.
President Trump announced the purchase during a speech at General Motors’ testing facility in Milford, a suburb of Detroit.
“This is a one-of-a-kind Escalade,” he said at the beginning of his hour-long speech. “You know we ordered 250 Escalades, right? We ordered 250 Escalades… We look sharp in that Escalade.”
The 2026 Escalade’s MSRP is in the low $90,000s, but upgrades can push it well beyond six figures. The high-performance V-Series costs about $170,000.
“Our players are very spoiled,” he said. “They’re very spoiled. They like the Escalade. So do I.”
Introduced in 1998, the Escalade was embraced by hip-hop artists and pop culture circles in the late 1990s and early 2000s, reshaping its image as a status symbol and changing Cadillac’s reputation as an older generation’s car, according to a history of the car published by Al Gandhi Auto. It also appeared in Jay-Z’s music videos and in a highway chase scene in The Matrix Reloaded.
Cadillac, a brand of choice for many past presidential administrations, also produces President Trump’s limousine, a “custom-made and ultra-secure fortress on wheels” known as “The Beast,” according to the automaker.
In his speech, the president praised the Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra and “world-famous Hummer” as “some of America’s most iconic automobiles.”
“Thank you to the autoworkers, technicians, mechanics, welders and General Motors engineers,” he said. “There is no greater group of people. It was workers like you who built this country, and now it is men and women like you who are making this country bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before.”
Detroit-based General Motors recently reported better-than-expected second-quarter results despite a 31% drop in net income, citing strong U.S. support for its pickups and SUVs.
