Trump confirms giving officials dress shoes: ‘I don’t want my Cabinet members wearing sneakers’
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Trump provides dress shoes to administration officials when they have footwear problems.
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Trump confirmed during a Friday interview on "The Brian Kilmeade Show" that he provides dress shoes to administration officials when they have problems with their footwear. The president said he tells officials "Let me get you a pair of shoes" and described the footwear as "spiffy" dress shoes.
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