Gifts of shoes from President Trump
US president, Donald Trump, has taken a shine to footwear brand Florsheim, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
The newspaper said the president became a fan of the Wisconsin-based shoe company late last year and, since then, has begun to give Florsheim footwear as a gift to senior officials, White House advisers and prominent visitors. It said he sometimes asks the person’s shoe size before placing an order, but also that he sometimes guesses.
When the shoes arrive from Florsheim, the president sometimes signs the box before handing the gift over. White House officials said Mr Trump pays for the shoes himself.
Current chief executive, Thomas Florsheim Jr, a representative of the fifth generation of the company’s founding family, told the WSJ that he was unaware of a spate of orders from Donald Trump and declined to comment further.
