What goes around....
Trump’s shoe fetish bites him on the foot
Some BDSM dominants make their submissives wear leather harnesses, dog collars, and other leather paraphernalia. Who knew that Donald Trump’s thing is making his submissives wear Florsheim shoes?
Apparently Trump’s favorite is the “Midtown” cap toe Oxford, which comes in three different colors. In a story that started in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week and has since traveled far and wide, Trump has made no secret about his fetish, though he covers it by telling his minions (specifically but not exclusively Marco Rubio and JD Vance) that they wear “shitty shoes” before asking their shoe size.
There are reports that even during meetings, Trump will suddenly launch into a rant about how wonderful Florsheim shoes are. Maybe there’s a crack of insecurity showing in his habit of giving these shoes to all the men around him; is he afraid they won’t immediately procure their own pairs?
He’s giving these shoes out to all and sundry, even approaching aides to see if they’ve receive the pair he sent them. In conversations with the men who fawn around him, he has been known to amuse himself by trying to guess their shoe size.
In one exchange, Trump asked someone for his shoe size. When the poor fellow responded “Size seven,” Trump (according to JD Vance) “kind of leans back in his chair and says, ‘You know, you can tell a lot about a man by his shoe size.’”
In addition to JD Vance and Marco Rubio, other reported recipients of the favored footwear are Pete Hegseth, Howard Lutnick, Steven Cheung, Sean Duffy, Lindsey Graham, and Tucker Carlson. Rubio, in particular, has come under scrutiny. Apparently he’s wearing the Oxfords, but in a size too big for him. Did he exaggerate when he told Trump his size, or is Trump sending him a message?
I always thought it was Trump’s extra-long ties that indicated the esteem (warranted or not) he had for a certain part of his anatomy. Or maybe it was compensation? And then there was the exchange about his hands from his first campaign. Now, evidently, it’s the feet.
Unattributed quotes from the WSJ article:
“It’s hysterical because everybody’s afraid not to wear them.”
“All the boys have them.”
But all is not sunshine and roses. Perhaps Thomas W. Florsheim, Jr. is not liking his position in Trump’s BDSM adventure. As chairman and CEO of the parent company (Weyco), Mr. Florsheim has joined the many companies and state governments suing the Trump administration, challenging the legality of tariffs and seeking refunds for duties already collected. Is this a what-goes-around-comes-around moment?
What’s next?
Hands, ties, feet... Trump has already embarrassed himself by touting Elon Musk’s Tesla. Will he go next to Lamborghini? No, wait. Damn those pesky tariffs. Maybe a Corvette? I hope so. I’d love to tell the true story of how a college friend of mine accidentally but thoroughly totaled a Corvette with her bicycle.
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