{"id":19,"date":"2026-05-26T15:41:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=19"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:41:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:41:40","slug":"trumps-beloved-shoemaker-blasts-his-economic-debacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=19","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Beloved Shoemaker Blasts His Economic Debacle"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The maker of a shoe brand so beloved by Donald Trump that he foists its footwear on his Cabinet members has blasted the president\u2019s chaotic and economically devastating signature economic policy. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=17\">Trump Goon Reignites Feud With the Pope<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump, 79, is so fond of Florsheim leather oxfords that he reportedly buys them for his inner circle after guessing their size, forcing them to wear ill-fitting shoes or else risk the president\u2019s ire. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, along with Fox News host Sean Hannity and Sen. Lindsey Graham, have all received the shoes, which retail for about $145. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now the company\u2019s founder\u2019s great-great-grandson Thomas Florsheim Jr. is speaking out about how the president\u2019s ever-changing tariffs\u2014some of which have been struck down by the Supreme Court\u2014have wreaked havoc on his business. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tariffs have changed 15 times,\u201d said Florsheim, CEO of Weyco Group, a publicly traded company that owns the brand, in an interview with The Bulwark. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that many businesses felt that the Trump administration was going to be pro-business,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd, you know, with the tariff situation, somehow the pro-business thing got lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump in April 2025 announced sweeping \u201cLiberation Day\u201d tariffs on products from dozens of U.S. trade partners, along with a universal tariff and additional sector-specific tariffs. <\/p>\n<p>The duties are a type of import tax paid by American companies, which must either eat the costs or pass them along to their customers. <\/p>\n<p>With Trump\u2019s various tariffs stacked on top of one another, overall duties on Weyco\u2019s shoes\u2014which like 99 percent of the country\u2019s footwear are manufactured abroad\u2014reached 161 percent at various times last year, according to The Bulwark. <\/p>\n<p>The company paid about $21 million in import duties, only to be hit with a surprise bill for another $1 million. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=15\">Russia Calls Rubio to Issue Dark Warning to Americans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Florsheim said that although Weyco employs about 350 people in the U.S. working in design, accounting, warehousing, IT, sales, marketing, logistics, and customer service, it wouldn\u2019t make sense to reshore the entire shoe manufacturing sector. <\/p>\n<p>The industry shifted overseas decades ago because making shoes requires demanding, labor-intensive work that is prohibitively expensive at U.S. wages. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou really can\u2019t make shoes and sell them in the U.S. unless you want to sell shoes for more than $300,\u201d Florsheim said. <\/p>\n<p>That means the only thing Trump\u2019s trade war has accomplished is jeopardizing the jobs of the hundreds of Americans who work for companies like Weyco doing 21st-century jobs, according to the Bulwark. <\/p>\n<p>Weyco was one of the companies that successfully sued the Trump administration to block his Liberation Day tariffs and qualify for a combined $35.5 billion in refunds.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Florsheim received the first $1.5 million in tariff refunds, but he\u2019s still waiting for the rest. <\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Trump is trying to impose new tariffs using new statutory authorities. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement, White House spokesman Kush Desai said that Trump\u2019s tariffs had ended \u201cunfair foreign trade practices\u201d that \u201cconsistently undermined\u201d American workers and businesses. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe Trump administration is making America the most dynamic economy in the world with a pro-growth, pro-worker agenda of tax cuts, deregulation, and fair trade deals,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The maker of a shoe brand so beloved by Donald Trump that he foists its footwear on his Cabinet members has blasted the president\u2019s chaotic and economically devastating signature economic policy. 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