JD Vance reveals Donald Trump’s dress code rules and dislike of brown shoes
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Vice President JD Vance is pulling back the curtain on President Donald Trump’s strict rules for Cabinet members, particularly the traditional dress code.
Speaking on the “Hang Out with Sean Hannity” podcast, Vance explained that Trump’s old-fashioned rules – including disdain for brown shoes – are based on the belief that government officials should respect the institutions they serve.
“The president has a certain idea that you have to respect the place, you have to respect the institution, you have to respect the office. And one of the ways you do that is to dress like a normal person,” said Vance in the episode released on Thursday. “And I think that’s – it’s a very old thing.”
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance joined family members and others at Ground Zero on Sept. 11, 2024, in New York City, to honor those killed on Sept. 11, 2001, the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
According to Vance, the president expects his team to always project professionalism, painting in a way that is very different from the style of many of today’s politicians. He laid down some of the rules, telling Hannity that Trump almost always wears a navy suit, black shoes and a stiff tie.
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“Well, I mean, he always has – it’s always a navy suit. It’s almost always a tight tie. It’s always black shoes,” Vance said. “Like, he will blow the chops of other members of the Cabinet if they wear brown shoes.”
Earlier this year, Trump confirmed that he sometimes buys his officials new shoes during an interview on “The Brian Kilmeade Show.”
“When they tell me they have a problem, I say, ‘Let me get you some shoes,'” Trump told Kilmeade in March.
Vance noted that he has seen the president comment on the clothing of other officials and even members of his own family, including a “Zelensky moment.” During a meeting in the Oval Office, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy was asked by a reporter why he chose not to wear a suit.
At a subsequent White House meeting in August, Zelenskyy wore official clothes rather than his usual military uniform. During that exchange, a reporter told Zelenskyy that he looked “pretty good in that suit,” before Trump added, “I said the same thing.”
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“That was not a good time for him,” Vance said of Zelenskyy, referring to tense exchanges between the Ukrainian president and US officials. “And it’s funny because things worked out. I think, you know, we were able to fix that relationship.”
He also recalled the time when Trump commented on the dress of his son Don Jr. on the 9/11 memorial in the 2024 campaign.
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance attend the inauguration ceremony in the US Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 20, 2025, Washington, DC. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson – Pool/Getty Images)
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“They’re reading the words. But there’s — at one point, the president turns around and looks at Don Jr. And Don’s like, a spread collar. And the president’s like, ‘Oh, that’s a very wide collar there, Don,'” Vance said.
“And you could tell, like, it was a total dig. So I was always — navy suit, black shoes and a regular collar,” he added.
