J.D. Vance Blasted by Donald Trump Over Sock Choice: Vice President Reveals Fashion Faux Pas Which Irked The Don — 'What Is Going On?'

J.D. Vance claims he received a dressing down from Donald Trump over his choice of socks.

RadarOnline.com can reveal the vice president, 41, left the Commander-in-Chief, 79, unimpressed by wearing a pair of shamrock socks on St Patrick's Day in March while hosting Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin at the Naval Observatory before heading to the Oval Office for a meeting.

He explained: "I decided to wear my shamrock socks to welcome the Irish Prime Minister.

"We're sitting down in front of God, and everybody, and probably 100 TV cameras on a live press conference, and the President starts his remarks, and then he looks over and says, 'What is going on with those socks?'"

The lesson, Vance told a Kansas City crowd during a speech on Monday: "Dress conservatively around the President of the United States."

It's not the first time Trump's fashion choices have made headlines — and he's been more than willing to enforce them, on allies and adversaries alike.

In March, Trump confirmed reports that he's been handing out dress shoes to Cabinet members, lawmakers, and White House advisers — specifically, Florsheim leather oxfords.

"When they tell me they have a problem, I say, 'Let me get you a pair of shoes,'" Trump said on The Brian Kilmeade Show, confirming Wall Street Journal reporting that he'd "fallen in love" with the $145 oxfords.

"What I do is, as somebody that for many, many years that has walked around in shoes that were no good and would not be that comfortable — so I have fun with it.

"The president made his standards clear: I don't want my Cabinet members wearing sneakers."

The most explosive dress code drama came in February 2025, when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walked into the Oval Office in his trademark military-style attire — a symbol of solidarity with troops fighting Russia's invasion.

Trump opened with a jab, greeting Zelenskyy with a crack about being "dressed up today." Real America's Voice correspondent Brian Glenn grilled the wartime leader over his refusal to wear a suit.

Trump later softened, telling Zelenskyy: "I do like your clothing. I think he's dressed beautifully."

The president has form for mocking Vance.

He couldn't resist poking fun at his deputy last week while reliving the recent White House Correspondents' dinner shooting scare — cracking that Secret Service agents scooped up the vice president "like he was a little boy,"

Trump joked Vance was whisked off stage at lightning speed while he was left wondering why agents didn't rush him out quite as dramatically.

Speaking on May 11 during a Police Week event in the Rose Garden, Trump described the moments after gunfire erupted outside the Washington Hilton on April 25, per a video obtained by The New York Post.

"They had great professional people, and they came out within seconds," Trump told the crowd, praising Secret Service agents.

But the president quickly pivoted to joking about Vance's frantic removal from the ballroom.

"I saw them take J.D. by the shoulders and lift him up like he was a little boy," Trump said. "I said, 'how come they didn't lift me up so fast?'"

The crowd laughed as Trump continued: "They lifted J.D. — got ripped out of the chair. That was a view of the week, but they did the job, J.D., right? I think so."