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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,148 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:01 PM Wednesday

Marco Rubio's clown shoes have people asking one question: Who bought them?

Photos of Secretary of State Marco Rubio wearing what appear to be comically oversized dress shoes are going viral.

As Rubio leaned over to say something to a man at the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday, a photographer caught an unfortunate angle on his Florsheim shoe.

The rumor, fueled by a recent report that President Donald Trump enjoys publicly guessing aides’ shoe sizes before ordering them his preferred brand, has led commentators to joke that the ill-fitting shoes look less like a fashion choice and more like a loyalty test.

If the shoe doesn’t fit, wear it anyway

Images of the ill-fitting footwear started spreading online in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Close-ups show the back of one shoe coming far off Rubio’s heel in a way that you only tend to see on kids wearing big siblings’ hand-me-downs.




https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/marco-rubio-giant-shoes-people-195752428.html
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Marco Rubio's clown shoes have people asking one question: Who bought them? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday OP
Republicans are a bunch of freaks. Diamond_Dog Wednesday #1
Ya THINK? Bunch of GD ass clowns democratsruletheday Thursday #28
repuke women suck but Skittles Wednesday #2
Trump is humiliating him on purpose. It's part of his control thing. OhioBlue Wednesday #3
Humiliation is a trait of dictators Squaredeal Wednesday #9
I look forward to their next news conference where Trump orders Marco to do his Big Shoe Dance. Midnight Writer Wednesday #15
Rubio looks almost as stupid wearing those big fucking shoes as he did chugging water during his SOTU response. sop Wednesday #4
What a Fugly Ucking pair of shoes ProudMNDemocrat Wednesday #5
Elevator shoes usually are. sop Wednesday #11
Weird even if bunions, gout, or diabetes. bucolic_frolic Wednesday #6
"Marco Rubio" and "clown shoes" is redundant. n/t flvegan Wednesday #7
"HE KNEW MY SIZE!!!!" spanone Wednesday #8
'Everyone's afraid not to wear them': Trump buys $145 shoes for his top men lapucelle Wednesday #10
There is NO FUCKING WAY that Rubio takes an johnnyfins Thursday #26
Maybe it's intended to counter the images of Trump's bloated cankles straining his uppers? hatrack Wednesday #12
Aww, did Daddy Trump let Liddle Marco try on a pair of his shoes? tanyev Wednesday #13
Trump estimates Traildogbob Wednesday #14
This is not the hallmark of a healthy democracy. Not a shred of dignity among the lot of them Blues Heron Wednesday #16
Didn't Cubans flee oppression? czarjak Thursday #17
What? The Rubio Puppet never heard of Cha Thursday #18
He Looks Ridiculous DET Thursday #19
Lol BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #20
These jacknuts are obsessed with hand and shoe size maxrandb Thursday #21
Are they patent leather? They look so fucking shiny? yellowcanine Thursday #22
I never thought Rubio had any common sense or intelligence. He's a gigantic suck-up. lees1975 Thursday #23
The US Secretary of State can't stand up to Trump leftstreet Thursday #24
The internet is having fun at trump making Rubio wear shoes that do not fit him LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #25
The funny thing is all the assholes he gave shoes to kacekwl Thursday #27
How can he even... 3catwoman3 Thursday #29
Adding to his memes: The water guzzling, now the big shoes: UTUSN Thursday #30
Here are yet more memes/jokes regarding trump giving Rubia too large shoes LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #31

OhioBlue

(5,194 posts)
3. Trump is humiliating him on purpose. It's part of his control thing.
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:06 PM
Wednesday

It's probably also because in 2016 Marco made fun of Donald's small hands....

Trump is insinuating that Marco has small feet.

Midnight Writer

(25,304 posts)
15. I look forward to their next news conference where Trump orders Marco to do his Big Shoe Dance.
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:32 PM
Wednesday

sop

(18,410 posts)
4. Rubio looks almost as stupid wearing those big fucking shoes as he did chugging water during his SOTU response.
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:08 PM
Wednesday

lapucelle

(21,040 posts)
10. 'Everyone's afraid not to wear them': Trump buys $145 shoes for his top men
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:15 PM
Wednesday
‘Everyone’s afraid not to wear them’: Trump buys $145 shoes for his top men

Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, JD Vance, the vice-president and Pete Hegseth, the secretary of war, have all received a pair of Florsheim shoes in recent months. Others presented with the brand’s classic lace-ups include the Fox News host Sean Hannity, the senator Lindsey Graham and the Maga celebrity Tucker Carlson.

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“[Trump] goes out and grabs a catalogue. There happens to be another politician in the room … and he actually runs us through this incredible shoe catalogue. The president is gifting us with four pairs of shoes.

“He says, ‘Marco, what’s your shoe size?’ And Marco’s apparently an 11 and a half. He says, ‘JD, what’s your shoe size?’ My shoe size is 13.

“And he asks this politician, who I won’t embarrass, what his shoe size is, and he says, ‘seven’. The president, he kind of leans back in his chair and says, ‘You know you can tell a lot about a man by his shoe size.’”

https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/trump-florsheim-shoes-145-rubio-vance-t053k0r6r

hatrack

(64,759 posts)
12. Maybe it's intended to counter the images of Trump's bloated cankles straining his uppers?
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:27 PM
Wednesday

On average, a perfect fit!!

maxrandb

(17,401 posts)
21. These jacknuts are obsessed with hand and shoe size
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 08:16 AM
Thursday

Like Mrs. Max always says; "big hands, big feet...big disappointment!"

yellowcanine

(36,772 posts)
22. Are they patent leather? They look so fucking shiny?
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:00 AM
Thursday
Look like something one would wear with a tux. Is Marco going to be in a wedding party?

lees1975

(7,010 posts)
23. I never thought Rubio had any common sense or intelligence. He's a gigantic suck-up.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 10:11 AM
Thursday

If he's willing to look like this in public, then that tells me he lacks the intelligence to do much of anything.

leftstreet

(40,298 posts)
24. The US Secretary of State can't stand up to Trump
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 10:43 AM
Thursday

The person responsible for advising POTUS on foreign policy and negotiating international affairs can't tell Trump "No, these don't fit me I'm not wearing them."

kacekwl

(9,107 posts)
27. The funny thing is all the assholes he gave shoes to
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 08:44 PM
Thursday

now have to leave their 1000.00 shoes at home.

3catwoman3

(29,263 posts)
29. How can he even...
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:02 PM
Thursday

...walk in those?

This is pitiful and pathetic.

And those pictures are hilarioius.

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