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President Donald Trump has faced barely any pushback from those within his Cabinet, having prioritized loyalty so intense that members have risked physical injury just to appease him, according to a report Friday.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump treats GOP senators with \u2018hostility\u2019 as he\u2019s \u2018keenly aware\u2019 of rebellion: insiders<\/a><\/p>\n

Slate <\/u>writer Ian Prasad Philbrick came to his conclusion after conducting an experiment: he purchased a pair of Florsheim Shoes, the same kind Trump had purchased<\/u> for his entire Cabinet who are \u201cafraid not to wear them,\u201d a White House aide previously told<\/u> The Wall Street Journal. <\/p>\n

As part of his experiment, Philbrick walked 10 miles around Washington, D.C. in his new pair of Florsheim dress shoes \u2013 footwear that costs $145 and is \u201cdecidedly midtier<\/u>\u201d \u2014 and was left with significant \u201cdamage\u201d to his feet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe balls of both feet and the ends of both pointer toes had been mashed into misshapen blisters,\u201d Philbrick wrote. \u201cThe skin on both heels and a patch below my right pinkie had worn away, leaving behind angry pink abrasions. My feet were still aching when I boarded my flight home the next day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump has also reportedly purchased the shoes for his top officials without asking their shoe size, leading to Secretary of State Marco Rubio being spotted<\/u> with what appears to be footwear that’s far too large \u2014 shoes in which Rubio\u2019s feet \u201cwere positively swimming,\u201d Philbrick quipped. <\/p>\n

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Rubio was even mocked<\/u> this week for having continued to wear the \u201ctoo big\u201d shoes by Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA), to which Rubio defensively insisted they \u201cfit fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

That Trump\u2019s cabinet was willing to \u201crisk mangling their own feet\u201d just to appease their boss, Philbrick concluded, was an apt metaphor for the Trump 2.0 administration as a whole.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn ill-fitting pair of shoes turns out to be a fitting talisman of the political world we\u2019ve collectively inhabited since 2016,\u201d Philbrick wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this world, a president who should be focused on passing legislation or negotiating with Iran is acting as his adjutants\u2019 personal stylist \u2013 the most loyal of whom are so submissive that they\u2019re willing to risk mangling their own feet just to follow in his footsteps. Our emperor may have no clothes. But he does have Florsheims.\u201d<\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump has faced barely any pushback from those within his Cabinet, having prioritized loyalty so intense that members have risked physical injury just to appease him, according to a report Friday. 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