Like Bond villains: What happened when Steven Mnuchin and his wife posed with a sheet of money

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Source: washpost




By Eli Rosenberg November 15 at 8:14 PM

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.............................For many, there was something comical about the picture of the couple, no strangers to accusations of flaunting their wealth and privilege. Mnuchin holds the sheet on both sides, a smile on his face. His wife standings behind him, her hand on the sheet's corner.

“Only way this could be worse would be if Linton and Mnuchin were lighting cigars with flaming dollar bills,” wrote the writer James Surowiecki.

“Just a friendly reminder that the GOP wants to raise taxes on the middle class & take health insurance away from millions of Americans so people like Louise Linton and Steven Mnuchin can get a tax cut,” wrote another.

Many said the optics of the photograph lent the two the aura of a pair of Hollywood villains. Perhaps it was Linton’s sharp stare and long black gloves. Clad in all black, Linton clasped the sheet of money the way a royal might hold her hand to be kissed.

“Why do Treasury Sec Mnuchin and his wife insist on posing for photos that make them look like Bond villains?” wrote CNBC reporter Christina Wilkie.
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Johnny McNulty?Verified account @JohnnyMcNulty

Everyone's focused on Steve Mnuchin & the sheet of money but no one's talking about how his wife has been murdering Toons in The Dip.

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Brian J. Karem?Verified account @BrianKarem
31m31 minutes ago

Wonder how long it will take for this picture to make its way onto Democratic ads targeting the GOP tax bill criticized for favoring the wealthy? Same couple, by the way, who spent $800,000 public funds for questionable
air travel. @tedlieu @realDonaldTrump

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton, hold up a sheet of new $1 bills, the first currency notes bearing his and U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza's signatures. Jacquelyn Martin/AP

[Angry Dragon]

1. He would be the guy in charge of Secret Service??

[Princess Turandot]

3. FYI: The Secret Service is now part of Homeland Security. It changed in '03 nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. I caught the tail end of the TV news tonight, and the announcer clued me in as to

the reason for the photo op. As the cutline provided by AP says:

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton, hold up a sheet of new $1 bills, the first currency notes bearing his and U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza's signatures. Jacquelyn Martin/AP

[Dulcinea]

18. Why was she even in the picture?

Last I checked, she's not a Treasury official.

[muriel_volestrangler]

25. It was Bring Your Bond Villain to Work Day (nt)

[50 Shades Of Blue]

4. No toilet bowl in the world is big enough to hold these two pieces of shit!

[KT2000]

6. that has to be the best ever description

of these idiots.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. Even an entire septic tank would be too small!

[roamer65]

5. Boris and Natasha.

[blueinredohio]

7. They're rubbing it in, were going to get more money HA HA

[SergeStorms]

8. I think they'd look good...

on my Thanksgiving table, both with apples in their mouths. EAT THE RICH!

[Upthevibe]

9. This is disturbing on a level I can barely fathom. I just can't

...I just have no words.....

[machoneman]

19. Good One! Bon appetite'

[Skittles]

10. these two have the most punchable faces *EVER*

[longship]

12. You spelled pnuchable wrong.

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. I'm surprised they didn't insist on a sjeet of $100 bills n/t

[Laffy Kat]

13. Good.

Images such as these will help bring about the demise of capitalism. The sooner the better.

[Cicada]

14. They both suck but there is nothing wrong with this photo

A photo of The creep and his creepy wife with a sheet of bills. So what?
They seem goofy in love, together often, which is actually the only non creepy thing about them.

[Scarsdale]

16. Isn't she wife

#4? Maybe she wants photographic proof of the marriage, for divorce court? A "handsome guy" such as this Mnuchin is much too sexy to stop at only 4 wives. There are many more women out there for him to marry.

[Cicada]

20. John Oliver has pointed out the extreme good looks of this romantic fellow

He seems to have a peculiarly tin ear for reactions to his antics and words. Yet in college he was head of the Yale Daily News which probably required a lot of social appeal. He wa tapped by Skull and Bones but being head of the paper was usually sufficient for that. He lived in the old Taft Hotel with 2 roommates rather than in a dorm, very odd. I would have thought that broke Yale rules for an unmarried student. He is a very strange person. But again as John Oliver never misses a chance to point out, a real looker.

[Blue_Tires]

23. The problem is their reputation precedes them

and something like this just seems beyond tone deaf

[JohnnyRingo]

15. I hope they had to pass through metal detectors at Ft Knox

I wouldn't trust any of the money junkies in this admin around our gold.

[Nitram]

21. As much as I despise these people, I can't help wondering if any former Treasury Secretaries

have posed for similar photos. To me, it looks like a harmless photo op.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

22. HEADLINE: Trump Cabinet Proudly Prints Their Own.

tRump and his kids get all the 100s.

[sarcasmo]

24. That sheet of dollar bills will be used as wallpaper. These two are Disney villains.