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Why Americans are furious over President Joe Biden s $9000 Rolex watch
26 Jan, 2021 01:04 AM
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President Joe Biden s watch is causing a stir online. Photo / Getty Images
NZ Herald
Within days of starting his term as US President, Joe Biden has reversed some of Trump s most controversial policies and kickstarted an ambitious trillion-dollar plan to target coronavirus.
But instead Americans are fixated on the kind of wristwatch he s wearing.
Biden s $9736 (US$7000) Rolex watch was spotted on his wrist during his inauguration in Washington DC last week, and the expensive timekeeper has already sparked fury.
The New York Times called the stainless steel Rolex Datejust a far cry from the Everyman timepieces that every president not named Trump has worn conspicuously in recent decades .
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