This is bizarre but no more bizarre than anything else we’ve seen Donald Trump do. As you know, there’s a kind of debate in MAGA world as to who will succeed Trump as the king of MAGA. It’s between J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio, with Rubio greatly favored by the Mar-a-Lago crowd. So Trump sent Marco (and others, apparently) a gift.
According to media reports, Donald Trump has been buying $145 Florsheim dress shoes for allies in his inner circle, and people are reportedly “afraid not to wear them.”
Marco Rubio was photographed wearing a pair Trump ordered for him by just guessing his size. They looked… pic.twitter.com/V7BKhPbhEb
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) March 11, 2026
So did Trump buy them too large on purpose, as a way of taunting, “you think you can fill my shoes?” And it’s odd that Rubio didn’t seek to exchange the shoes for the right size, ne c’est pas?
This whole situation is oddball from beginning to end. Who buys shoes for colleagues? A box of cigars or bottle of fine wine, yes, but a pair of shoes? Maybe next Trump will go from selling sneakers to selling men’s dress shoes? It’s anybody’s guess what will happen next at Mar-a-Lago.
Maybe he’s going after the ‘Don’t Tread on me’ crowd?
Well, for Little Marco Trumpty probably assumed that Rubio would like him want oversized shoes to accommodate lifts! It’s been a very long time since I regularly wore suits to work but I recall having bought Florsheim shoes because they were expensive but worth every penny. I can’t say whether that’s still true but I suspect it is. Anyway it would have been easy to get shoe sizes – Wiles could have called wives. So, I suspect you’re’ correct in Trump intentionally giving the guys something as close to looking like clown shoes as he could get away with.