Marco Rubio triggers avalanche of mockery with State Dept.'s first dress code in history

[turbinetree]

By Daniel Hampton
Published April 3, 2026 7:27 PM ET

A mix of mockery and eye-rolling spread across social media Friday as Marco Rubio's State Department quietly issued a formal dress code for diplomats and staff for the first time in the agency's history.

The new "business formal" standard was added in recent days to the Foreign Affairs Manual, the department's central policy bible, requiring diplomats to dress in polished professional attire for any official engagement with foreign counterparts, Fox News reported.

"Representing the United States of America is an honor — and this new policy ensures our diplomats project credibility, respect, and the dignity of the nation we serve," Assistant Secretary Dylan Johnson wrote on X. Fox News Digital first reported the change.

https://www.rawstory.com/marco-rubio-2676663350/

Did he have on the 145 dollar Florsheim size 18 shoes that his treasonous boss made him wear that where stuff with shit paper so that they would not make a slapping noise when he walks or did he have on 16 pairs of chickenshit socks........

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[Ocelot II]

1. Is everyone required to wear red ties and Florsheim shoes several sizes too large?

[turbinetree]

3. There has got to be an executive order on that ..............

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Including the women?

[FoxNewsSucks]

16. No, they were all fired.

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. Of course.

How could I forget that?

[OGBuzz]

14. It's a small price to pay for the honour of working for the.....

self declared 'greatest President in U.S. history'.

[GenThePerservering]

29. I think it was the Florsheims

Lil Marco has been traumatized

[Blue Full Moon]

2. Dress code for the Russian language channel at the State Dept.

Women's Clothing:Sarafan: A long, trapezoidal jumper dress, often worn over a shirt.Rubakha: A long, loose-fitting shirt or blouse, often embroidered.Poneva: A plaid or striped skirt wrapped around the hips, common in southern regions.Dushegreya: A sleeveless, short jacket or warmer, often worn over the sarafan.Apron (Zapon): An indispensable, often decorated, covering worn over the dress.Headwear: Married women wore headscarves (platok) or elaborate headdresses (kokoshnik).Men's Clothing:Kosovorotka: A long-sleeved shirt with a collar buttoned on the side, designed to prevent a cross from falling out while working.Porty: Linen or cotton trousers.Zipun: A collarless, coarse-cloth coat worn during the warmer season or over a kaftan.Kaftan: A long outer garment, frequently worn by both peasants and elites.

[turbinetree]

5. Now I know what they are called............

[Tasmanian Devil]

6. "this new policy ensures our diplomats project credibility, respect, and the dignity of the nation we serve"

That ship sailed a very long time ago. Who do they think they're kidding?

Next up: compulsory TRUMP arm-bands declaring their everlasting love of the orange anus.

[skypilot]

7. PROJECT credibility, respect, and dignity

But not actually HAVE any of those qualities. It's all about looking the part but most of them can't even do that.

[Retrograde]

8. Why stop there?

As long as there’s going to be a dress code let’s go all the way and require 18th century European court dress. Men will wear knee britches, white stockings, wigs, and carry a sword. Women- they’ll be at home where they belong, popping out replacement troops for Donnie’s wars.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

9. You can stuff a pile of shit

into a TUXEDO and it remains....by SMELL and APPEARANCE....a rancid turd.... [i.e.-"TRUMP"]

[struggle4progress]

10. "Nobody will remember how we started setting up concentration camps,

condemned people around the world to death from HIV, alienated all our allies, and started nother endless war once they see what nappy dressers we have become!"

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

11. "Mid- and senior-level diplomats are now expected to demonstrate loyalty by "zealously executing U.S. government policy"

Mid- and senior-level diplomats are now expected to demonstrate loyalty by "zealously executing U.S. government policy" and resolving any ambiguity in favor of leadership direction, according to internal documents.

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Lipstick on a pig?

[the nelm]

15. Fits Rubio to a tee. Always seems to be immaculately dressed, but still...

always flows with the wind to whatever he thinks will benefit his ambition and what will help him politically. Yet there's still that big void of nothing behind the eyes. If there is any justice this ass will see his future aspirations go up in smoke once this monstrosity passes. Then again, he's from Florida. That alone means any bets of returning to sanity mean nothing...

[Boomerproud]

27. Empty Suit Marco.

Nt

[paleotn]

13. "Representing the United States of America" is not an honor anymore, Lil Marco.

It's a shit job no one with any sense would take. How are the new shoes? Want some water, jackass?

[AverageOldGuy]

18. So --

-- when an embassy sponsors a July 4 event, it's black tie all the way -- even if it's an outdoor cookout?

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

19. It's a Fashion Show for Donald Joan Trump. He's obsessed with that superficial type of shit.

[mtngirl47]

20. What kind of diplomats are you hiring that don't know how to dress?

Just asking for a friend.

[KT2000]

21. Kimberly Guilfoyle

someone finally got her to wear pantsuits rather than her usual show girl outfits.

[drray23]

22. I mean, it is not like you see ambassadors or other diplomats walking around in flip flops and shorts

what the heck is Rubio talking about?

[stopdiggin]

23. there's such a thing as chickensh*t socks .. ?

Man, it's been way too long since I've been to Target !

[Easterncedar]

24. Was it Kimberly Guilfoyle's revelatory dress in Athens?

Those Greeks can be kind of prudish

[Blue Owl]

25. What a runty little tool young Marco is

Fuck that guy and the Florshiems he stumbled in on.

[OAITW r.2.0]

26. Whatta joke. Incompetent people focusing on the wrong issues.

[GenThePerservering]

28. Rumpled, ill-fitting blue suits

And yard-long ties