{"id":103880,"date":"2026-03-12T12:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T07:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=103880"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T07:01:41","slug":"marco-rubio-wears-oversized-shoes-gifted-by-president-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/marco-rubio-wears-oversized-shoes-gifted-by-president-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco Rubio wears oversized shoes gifted by President Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has reportedly been gifting $145 Florsheim dress shoes to allies, using the quirky presents as a playful, or pointed way to promote loyalty within his circle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Photos of Secretary of State Marco Rubio in shoes that look too big for his feet have folks speculating about loyalty humiliation rituals. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vu4cBDTDRF\">https:\/\/t.co\/vu4cBDTDRF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jIhvn4NvX1\">pic.twitter.com\/jIhvn4NvX1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Daily Dot (@dailydot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dailydot\/status\/2031825143941464574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Photos of Secretary of State Marco Rubio wearing shoes that appear too large for him have sparked speculation online about whether this is a humorous gift or a subtle \u201cloyalty test.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The unusual gesture has drawn attention for its mix of politics, fashion, and Trump\u2019s signature showmanship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has reportedly been gifting $145 Florsheim dress shoes to allies, using the quirky presents as a playful, or pointed way to promote loyalty within his circle. Photos of Secretary of State Marco Rubio in shoes that look too big for his feet have folks speculating about loyalty humiliation rituals. https:\/\/t.co\/vu4cBDTDRF [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":103881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[184,37690,26828],"class_list":["post-103880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-donald-trump","tag-loyalty-test","tag-marco-rubio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103882,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103880\/revisions\/103882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}