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highplainsdem

(61,672 posts)
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 06:34 PM 9 hrs ago

Marc Elias: Who will be the first to take off their shoes?

https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/who-will-be-the-first-to-take-off-their-shoes/

When Joseph Stalin took the stage, applause wasn’t just standard. It meant your freedom.

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Now, Donald Trump’s men are learning the same lesson — the humiliating way. Although this time, the question is different: “Who will be the first to take off their shoes?”

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More specifically, a pair of $145 Florsheim oxfords. Trump is apparently obsessed with the shoes, and it’s getting weird. According to the Wall Street Journal, the president has taken to handing them out to Cabinet members, advisors and White House VIPs. He even makes it a game: guessing people’s shoe size, placing an order and then signing the box.

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Trump’s shoe test borders on humiliation ritual. They appear much too big on most of the recipients, and with their pants hemmed to match the president’s absurdly short length, it’s comical. One might assume that Trump purchases the incorrect sizes on purpose.

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Marc Elias: Who will be the first to take off their shoes? (Original Post) highplainsdem 9 hrs ago OP
Those are the ugliest men's shoes I've ever seen SheltieLover 9 hrs ago #1
they're very generic. WarGamer 9 hrs ago #3
Hideous imo SheltieLover 9 hrs ago #5
Rubio... 2naSalit 9 hrs ago #2
The internet is having fun with Rubio LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #4
Clown shoes fits SheltieLover 9 hrs ago #6
Hilarious underpants 9 hrs ago #10
Can't be Rubio -- he's living in his now Blue Owl 9 hrs ago #8
Can you imagine what a wimp Henry203 9 hrs ago #7
So Mr. Alpha male is a "shoe gazer"? underpants 9 hrs ago #9
Wonder how they look with.. Escape 6 hrs ago #11

SheltieLover

(79,795 posts)
1. Those are the ugliest men's shoes I've ever seen
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 06:37 PM
9 hrs ago

He makes them wear pants with shortened hems?

underpants

(196,158 posts)
9. So Mr. Alpha male is a "shoe gazer"?
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 07:12 PM
9 hrs ago

That a term conservatives have used to describe supposed un-self assured Democrats for a long time.

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