TDS

Did you see Trump's interview on Meet the Press?

Item #1:

Then we had Item #2:

Shoes for industry! Shoes for defense! Shoes for tomorrow! Shoes for advance! Yes, shoes for industry!*

Slate reported on Trump's obsession on buying and gifting $145 Florsheim dress shoes to his Cabinet members and close allies. 

“You guys have shitty shoes,” Trump allegedly told Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Oval Office last December, before retrieving a catalog and picking out four new pairs for each of them. The president’s footwear of choice is Florsheim, a 134-year-old brand he seems to have fallen in love with after searching for a more comfortable option for himself. In the world of men’s fashion, Florsheim is a widely available and decidedly midtier option; it typically retails for about $145. Trump, known for both gilded excess and cheapness, has apparently been paying for the shoes himself and gifting them to his (male) aides and allies. According to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the haberdasher in chief’s podiatric largesse, recipients include Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Communications Director Steven Cheung, and Fox News host Sean Hannity. “Seems to work out pretty well,” Trump told Fox in March about his habit of resoling the men in his orbit. “And now they look all spiffy and nice.”

Those fortunate enough to get a presidential rebrand appear anxious to show their appreciation. “It’s hysterical because everybody’s afraid not to wear them,” one White House aide told the Journal. But to invert the old saw, the shoe doesn’t always fit. Earlier this year, Rubio was photographed on Capitol Hill wearing a new-looking pair of black Oxfords in which his feet were positively swimming.

They want to humor Trump by wearing his shoes. "Oh yes, my president, those are beautiful shoes... I love them!"

Item #3: 

But the erratic behavior doesn't stop at footwear. When it comes to actual policy His reply to the accusations regarding the $1.776 billion "Slush Fund." He tries to steer the questions away from the story by launching into a wandering soliloquy on other topics.

Item #4:

On the Iranian war... he wanders around with "The war is off!" "The war is on!"

But when President Biden misspoke, the media was all over him. With Trump, he gets a "pass" on all his ranting.

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* Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers. Firesign Theatre