Trump's shoe fetish...he's "gifting" $145 Florsheims that he "expects recipients to wear in his presence"

[Miles Archer]

Trump has traded in his signature MAGA hats for an unexpected gift of choice: $145 Florsheim men's dress shoes that he's distributing to agency heads, lawmakers, and White House officials — and he apparently expects them to wear them in his presence.

According to a Wall Street Journal report by Alex Leary, the president has developed an obsession with the footwear and has made gifting them a ritualistic part of his Oval Office operations.

Trump has been known to suddenly pivot conversations to his "incredible" new shoes. During a January lunch with Tucker Carlson, he handed the media personality a pair of brown wingtips without warning. At cabinet meetings, he asks recipients: "Did you get the shoes?"

Some officials appear to feel compelled to wear the shoes in Trump's presence despite their reservations, which has included putting them on and lacing them up during Oval Office meetings. One female White House official remarked: "All the boys have them." Another joked: "It's hysterical because everybody's afraid not to wear them."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-gifts/

[Johnny2X2X]

1. WTF?

He's crazy, and those shoes aren't very comfortable IMO.

[Dave says]

21. I wore them for years before I retired

Back in the day they were comfortable, well made, and long lasting. Somewhere later in my corporate career they were consumed by vulture capitalists, I think, and the quality declined substantially thereafter.

[Johnny2X2X]

22. I couldn't wear them at all

Even their wide versions just dug into my feet and gave me blisters.

Everyone's feet are different. But why Florsheim's? Some CEO give Trump a bribe? They're decent shoes, don't get me wrong, but I doubt Trump has worn them. Billionaires like him wear custom made shoes, and if they're wearing off the shelf I doubt they're picking anything less than $500.

[Botany]

28. I had a pair and threw them out. Really uncomfortable.

Rockports which on the few times I need dress shoes are much more comfortable.

[Johnny2X2X]

34. I like Rockports too

For casual I wear Sketchers. For more formal I have a few pair of Johnstone and Murphy's.

Florshiem's are a fine shoe, nothing wrong with them, just don't work on my feet. By why the hell is Trump pushing them? None of his golf club billionaire pals would be caught dead in a pair of Florsheims.

[Botany]

40. Kohl's has some decent dress shoes that are just fine.

Sketchers also make a real good work boot and athletic shoes too.

[Johnny2X2X]

52. Sketchers are comfortable on my feet on day 1

I have hobbit feet, they're wide and hairy. My instep is also incredibly high. So it takes a certain shoe to be comfortable in. Struggled with blisters my whole like because shoes don't fit. Buying new shoes usually meant buying bandaids to put on my pressure points before wearing them the first couple dozen times.

The thing about Sketchers is the styles they offer aren't great IMO. But I just need comfort.

[SCantiGOP]

59. I bought a pair of Sketchers years ago

My 20-something year old son told me I was now officially a part of the teenage girl in-crowd. Apparently they weren’t considered cool to his social circle, but I told him I was looking for comfort and not style.
Now I wear whatever won’t cripple my old feet.

[calimary]

74. Ugg boots for me. Unless it's a hot day.

They’re flat-soled and nicely padded on the inside. Ugg boots turn me into an all-terrain vehicle.

[BidenRocks]

75. I switched from Big 5 sale shoes, LA Gear, to Sketchers

Three years ago. Style and Slip In ease sold me. They were great until,
Walking got so bad that a walk from the lot to the mall would require stopping for my sore ankles. I'm probably getting old..
WRONG!
The Memory Foam is great if you have perfect feet. I have high arches and the foam imprinted a bad support, causing ankle, leg and even pain higher up. This took time to get very problematic.
I researched the subject and found it is a common problem. Sketchers were made to be replaced every 6 months.
If your shoe folds at the toe box, that is fine. If the entire shoe folds, that may be a problem.
I am getting a pair of Anodyne (diabetic) shoes through my podiatrist. Meanwhile the stiffer LA Gear shoe has reduced my discomfort and I no longer need to stop and rest.

But they look good!

[LeftInTX]

111. I bought a pair Sketcher sandals in 2024. Comfy. I wear extra wide and I tried these things on at one of those

discount shoe places. (They aren't even wide) They were actually comfortable, so I bought them! Normally I have to order my shoes because I have really bad feet.

[underpants]

41. I'd bet he watches the White House butlers shine his shoes

Ones he’s not wearing. Seems like something he’d do.

I still shine my shoes. Eastland slip ons. Not almost every day like in the Army but every once in a while I take off some if the existing polish and shine them up - burning the polish before I buff them.

[LiberalArkie]

73. With Trump, it has to be some form of money laundering involved

[FakeNoose]

78. Exactly right - nobody can pick out shoes for anyone else

... even with the best of intentions, and I'm not sure what Chump's intentions are.

I have very weirdly shaped feet, with bunions, abnormal arches and bent toes. Nobody else can buy shoes and hand them to me, expecting me to wear them just for their own enjoyment. It would be agony for me to wear them.

[GoCubsGo]

80. I was expecting the link to go to The Onion.

Yes, this is major cray-cray. I wonder if that rash on his neck was caused by the maggots that infest his brain crawling out, and going after other body parts, because they're running out of food inside his skull.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. He is completely nutso.

[newdeal2]

3. A form of juvenile hazing or cult-like behavior?

Soon they’ll have to wear their ties down to their knees and do the Trump dance.

[BattleRow]

46. Trumps a sole man,doncha know?

[Happy Hoosier]

4. I hope the nation lasts long enough...

That this scene will just seem both sad and insane in the future miniseries.

[tanyev]

9. Think of all the books we'll get from "journalists" who saw it all happen--and said nothing at the time.

[Miles Archer]

17. It's like the Bill Barr "I JUST WROTE A BOOK REHABILITATION TOUR"

Didn't last long. Wrote his book, wanted to cash in while positioning himself as a fearless crusader for truth, justice, and the American way.

[calimary]

85. If he set up a store, it could be "Bill Barr's 'Buy-My-Book' Bar."

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[fujiyamasan]

112. I didn't even know about his

The one I was thinking of is mustache man, Bolton.

[blm]

5. Perverted control freak. His fetish for 5" heels destroyed the Rose Garden.

[D_Master81]

6. He probably thinks...

He probably thinks $145 Florsheims are high class footwear 😂

[musette_sf]

13. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

“classy” 🙄🙄🙄

[31st Street Bridge]

27. Unlike Archie Bunker's Thom McAns!

[hlthe2b]

7. "Little Marco" wears size 11 1/2?

Kinda big feet for his height, isn't that? I'd have guessed size 7 1/2.

I'm kidding. He's actually 5 foot 10 so, 11 1/2 shoe is probably average. Pudgy Vance wears size 13--fat head, fat feet.

[tanyev]

14. Donny probably isn't going to any great lengths to give recipients the correct size.

He just hands them a box and expects to see them wearing them, no matter how badly they fit. Maybe that's the loyalty test...

[hlthe2b]

18. Yeah, given his sadistic streak now on full display, I'd bet so...

[ProfessorGAC]

104. I Thought The Average Men's Shoe Size Was 9

And, if he's 5'10", he's only a half-inch taller than average.
That's how tall I am and I wear a 9.

[hlthe2b]

105. Probably so--just a female who on occasion buys the men's 7 when the women's

are sold out. Sometimes they fit rather well, especially when I am going to wear double socks in bitter cold.

I just think it is bizarre that Trump is so damned obsessed that he's buying them all Florsheims (which I remember my late Father wearing years and years ago--glad to see they are still in business).

[rampartd]

8. who is paying for millionaire's shoes?

looks down at my worn out skechers.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

91. I think we all know who

[Walleye]

10. I have been noticing that men are wearing more comfortable shoes with their suits. I think it's a good trend.

[underpants]

35. I haven't worn a pair of laced up shoes in probably 20 years

I have a pair of brown and black Eastlands. Slip on leather polishable. The only laced shoes I wear are running or “”tennis shoes” but most of those are permanently tied.

I think I still have a box of chlorofram laced shoes from my Army days in a box in my closet. This are permanently shined for dress uniform events which were very rare.

Yes dress “sneakers” are all the rage now. If I wore a full suit everyday and could get away with it I’d think about it. The Eastlands go from jeans to suit just fine and are very comfortable and last.

[calimary]

81. Hey, why not?

Comfort is king in my book.

[superpatriotman]

11. I'd rather go barefoot

Than wear a cheap pair of shoes.

[musette_sf]

12. Meanwhile, Joe Biden preferred

Hoka Transports. Great shoes.

[Turbineguy]

15. I thought Presidents wore Johnston & Murphy's

Ah yes. Other Presidents.

[ms liberty]

16. He has new shoes in the right size for his fluid-filled feet and ankles

And now he thinks he's found the best shoes ever invented. Because it couldn't have been his health making his feet hurt so bad, could it?
Spolier alert: yes, yes it not just could, but actually is..

[sop]

19. I'm guessing Trump is pushing Florsheim Shoes because he's invested money in Weyco Group.

[Ferrets are Cool]

20. But he isn't nuts?

Fucking magat Congress.

[Renew Deal]

23. That's pretty funny

It's like a TV skit

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

24. The lot of them, Trump included, should be wearing flip-flops.

[Ocelot II]

25. How weird is it that your boss buys you a pair of shoes?

[underpants]

26. I'd check them for a tracking device

Sounds like a tag and release program.

[niyad]

32. A most excellent point.

[twodogsbarking]

29. I wept because I had no Gucci's until I met a man with no Florsheims.

Old shoe business
joke.

[spike jones]

43. I wept because I had no shoes until I saw a man with no feet.

Then I thought, I'll bet he has some shoes that he is not using, so I asked him, "What size were your feet?"

[niyad]

30. I seem to recall a florsheim's store in every mall I was in back in the day.

Not exactly high-end.

[underpants]

38. Yeah it's him slipping into nostalgia

Florsheim shoe stores seem like vacuum cleaner stores.

[BattleRow]

58. Allen Edmonds were high end, might still be by looking at prices currently online.

[Goonch]

31. ;-{)......

[calimary]

79. Oh for fuck's sake...

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He’s running a “White-House-preferred shoe club for men”? Just how much control over people does he want?

Seriously!

[Trueblue Texan]

33. if he asks about the shoes...

they should tell him they hurt their bone spurs.

[underpants]

36. 😂😂😂

[MustLoveBeagles]

68. ...

[Goonch]

37. ;-{)

[ToxMarz]

39. Every cult needs a uniform.

[AverageOldGuy]

42. I wore Johnston and Murphy

Costly but best shoes I ever wore.

Then I retired, moved to Mississippi Gulf Coast, lost everything including shoes in Katrina.

Bought two new J&M. They had moved production to India. Worst shoes I ever had.

Wearing clogs now damn near full time.

[Kid Berwyn]

44. Hitler Youth Loved to Polish Shoes

[Wonder Why]

45. Can I wear a MAGA hat on the bottom of my feet instead? Or would golden sneakers be more appropriate for formal

occasions.

So many choices. So many opportunities to dress up in the standards of Sloppy Don.

[2MuchNoise]

47. This is just plain weird.

[RainCaster]

48. Another vendor to boycott

Everything TSF touches dies..

[Fla Dem]

49. Click on this link to see all the loyal soldiers sitting in a row with their uniform shoes on.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/09/trump-makes-his-shoes-the-white-house-uniform/#:~:text=Among%20the%20models%20which%20match,%2Dbased%20footwear%20company%2C%20Weyco.

[progressoid]

63. OMG

That's pathetic.

[Maru Kitteh]

107. holy shit

[SpankMe]

50. They say shoe size is an indicator of penis size

JD Vance's size 13 gave me pause. I feel sorry for the couches inside the VP's residence and at the hotels he stays at.

[MustLoveBeagles]

72. When I was a late teen

My boyfriend at the time wore size 13's. I later had a fiance who wore 12's. The foot size rule didn't apply to them. I think couches are safe around JD.

[Icanthinkformyself]

51. It's shoes today,

tomorrow the EO will be issued requiring that men must wear their underwear in the outside and all sh!t stains must be orange.

[calimary]

82. "... so we can check."

[pwb]

53. Are they American made?

.

[appmanga]

54. Long ago, I was told the secret to a good life...

...was don't drink cheap booze and don't wear cheap shoes.

[Starbeach]

55. Look down, ignore his hair

My theory.

[jmbar2]

56. Are these therapeutic shoes for cankle feet?

Sorry. Don't know much about men's shoes.

[GoCubsGo]

77. No, just dress shoes for men who can't afford the expensive ones.

I don't know much about men's shoes, either. But, I do know that most of Trump's recipients normally wear designer shoes that cost at least 10 times what these things cost.

[CincyDem]

57. It's a loyalty demonstration. The true innies wear the shoes immediately and daily.

If you think you might get away with not wearing the shoes…well, we can’t have that kind of independent thinking around, can we.

I mean, seriously, ya tell a guy to wear the shoes and he doesn’t do it…what’s gonna happen when ya tell him to start rounding up “fake” voters who didn’t vote for him in 2020?

I joke but seriously, this is a loyalty test. Wear the shoes equals trusted. Not wearing the shoes? Untrustworthy.

[mercuryblues]

60. First he came for my ties, and I said nothing

Then he came for my shoes and I remained silent.

Soon they will all be in full matching uniforms.

[MustLoveBeagles]

76. Ill fitting navy suits & super sized red ties will abound

If he really wants to torture them he can also get them insertable shoe lifts. Has Fetterman received his pair for being such a good foot soldier? 😁

[dalton99a]

61. Not a cult

[kimbutgar]

62. So we taxpayers are buying for these shoes ?

I heard today that our deficit is over $35 trillion but we can afford to buy shoes for his Nazi members, but not feed children, help sick Americans or aid in natural disasters?

[debsy]

64. He probably invested in Florsheim and is pushing them to make money

Either that or it is just an idiotic distraction. Both are plausible explanations.

[progressoid]

65. "It's hysterical because everybody's afraid not to wear them."

That's not hysterical, that's pathetic.

[dalton99a]

66. +1

[calimary]

83. I'd add embarrassing.

[Coldwater]

89. one cabinet secretary had to stop wearing his Louis Vuittons

in favor of a pair of Florsheim's instead, out of fear he would seem disloyal

[progressoid]

97. OMG, imagine that soul crushing moment (assuming anyone in this cabinet has a soul)

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when he ties the shoelaces on these shoes, while his Louis Vuittons glare at him from the closet.

I mean, you spend your whole life sacking and plundering the plebeians in order to make feel good your petty life. So you treat yourself to some quality clothing. Only to have some doofus with ill-fitting suits and a guinea pig on his head give you shoes to wear.

[Blue Owl]

67. With toilet paper pre-stuck on the soles

[Smilo]

69. Next Up..... courtesy of Woody Allen / Bananas

Or as we know it today the trump administration........

[J-9]

70. I bet he got the wrong sizes

on purpose so the people wearing them are uncomfortable.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

71. Florsheim shoes $145 ?

I remember the Florsheim shoes store and I doubt they cost that much, also didn that store peak in about 1986 the same time as our fake leader did ?

I also know he is not spending his cryto money on these, quit spending tax payer money on these things, sincerely everybody

[riversedge]

84. As I started to read it, I originally thought it was an ONION article!!!

[Klarkashton]

86. There was some rich old lady down south that made all the "help" wear jester costumes, gardeners, and so on.

They did it but didn't like it.

[fargone]

87. I got shoes

Check out this video, "i got shoes you got shoes" https://share.google/IQYnAn0EhLhSeeBUu

[bif]

88. Is he out of his fucking mind?

No need to answer that.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

90. Another joked: "It's hysterical because everybody's afraid not to wear them."

Oh, yeah! Piggy's destroying the world but grown men too chickenshit to just say NO to his insane shoe bullshit is simply a riot!!

The nuke drops should be the funniest shit yet!!

[TygrBright]

92. This is a WEIRD story about a WEIRD person. And I know weird. n/t

[Rob H.]

93. *Definitely* not a cult, though. Nope. Not at all.

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Edit: Voters should send the shoe-wearers boxes of red rubber noses since they seem dead-set on acting like a bunch of fucking clowns.

[2MuchNoise]

94. "You know what you look like to me with your good bag and your cheap shoes?

You look like a rube" - Hannibal Lecter

[Initech]

95. This is some fucking dictator shit here.

[jmowreader]

96. "Why aren't you wearing the Florsheim shoes I gave you?"

"They're three sizes too small, Mr. President. The only way I'm getting those shoes on my feet is to cut them in half with a chop saw and let my toes stick out."

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

98. Brown nosers

[Vinca]

99. This sounds grifty. Did one of the Trumps buy the company?

If you're a fat cat, $149 for a pair of shoes is "Grapes of Wrath" time. Weird gift.

[muriel_volestrangler]

100. Someone has noticed Rubio has a pair of badly-fitting shoes

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/senate-minority-leader-charles-schumer-talks-with-u-s-news-photo/2255098040

Look at the back of his right foot. That's not what shoes should look like.

[Xavier Breath]

101. So, Florsheim has a copy of the Epstein files.

[RockRaven]

102. The only people being treated thusly are people who deserve to be treated thusly.

It is pretty simple: don't associate with him and he won't do that to you.

[Hassler]

103. I wonder what government agency he's

Stealing from to buy this shoes? You know it's not his money.

[Maru Kitteh]

106. That's how they get with ALZ, fixating on weird things, especially on floors. Brain stuck in a loop.

What’s on the floor? Shoes. This really became noticable in his first term and has only accelerated.

I noticed this (specifically the floor thing) years ago when I started working with this population.

[flvegan]

108. Are Florsheim's even made in the US?

Odd choice for an alleged billionaire

[LudwigPastorius]

109. He had to go with Florsheim because they don't make Buster Browns anymore.

"Look, Daddy! I'm wearin' my BIG BOY shoes!"

[LeftInTX]

110. I didn't know they still made them.

That's cheap. My New Balance shoes cost $200

And I caught of picture of those Florsheims and they look like they would pinch your toes off! I [b]KNOW [/b]that HE does not wear those!

I'm a she and am retired with really bad feet. I don't wear "dress shoes" with dresses. I usually wear sandals from Easy Spirit. (Even at my kids' weddings) They usually retail for $60-70. SAS Sandals are now up to $200.

These are my faves right now. I bought a bunch of them on sale last summer.

[oasis]

113. "Mr.President, shove those Florsheims up your ass"

[eShirl]

114. CHECK TEHM FOR BUGS

both the organic and electronic kinds

[Cha]

115. OH FUT. Fuck You Traitor.

[struggle4progress]

116. "You should go to the gallows in style"

[LetMyPeopleVote]

117. The internet is having fun at trump making Rubio wear shoes that do not fit him

[Totally Tunsie]

118. My suspician is that he's trying to thwart this:

Parent Company of Florsheim Shoes Suing Trump

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221093072

[LetMyPeopleVote]

119. Here are yet more memes/jokes regarding trump giving Rubia too large shoes

Link to tweet