Mnuchin: Comparisons to James Bond villain a compliment

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill



Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Sunday said he takes it as a compliment that some people suggested that he and his wife looked like villains from a James Bond movie when they posed with newly printed currency.

“I never thought I’d be quoted as looking like villains from James Bond. I guess I should take that as a compliment that I look like a villain in a great, successful James Bond movie,” Mnuchin said on “Fox News Sunday."

Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton, caused a stir on social media last week when they posed with a sheet of newly printed dollar bills, the first bearing Mnuchin’s signature.

A photo of the two quickly went viral, with Linton locking eyes with the camera while holding the sheet while wearing a black leather glove, and Mnuchin looking off into the distance.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/361087-mnuchin-i-take-it-as-a-compliment-people-said-i-looked-like-a-bond

[Blue_Adept]

1. Every time I think they've reached max level of tone-deafness...

[Fred Sanders]

16. Yep. Darth Vader was also a "villain in a great and successful move" but he is still pure evil.

More evidence Satan is taking the reigns if government.

We need a Savior. Anyone looking into the mob in the WH?

[turbinetree]

2. Fuck You Mnuchin

your fucking response says everything about your character.

And I have made a pledge with my self, that if I get a bill "any" bill with your signature on it, I will turn it back into the bank or where I get it------------------I can't stand people that say yes to traitor and sexual predator

[roamer65]

3. magic mark-er.

Black.

[turbinetree]

5. Well according to this:

Yes, It's Legal! Many people assume that it's illegal to stamp or write on paper currency, but they're wrong! ... You CANNOT burn, shred, or destroy currency, rendering it unfit for circulation.

Game on, if I read this correctly.................

[roamer65]

12. Correct. Banks stamp them all the time.

Where’s George does as well, along with people who use counterfeit detection pens.

Timothy Geithner even autographed a $1 for me. He’s a good guy, IMO.

[lastlib]

6. Tear it! That will force it out of circulation!

I have sworn that if they ever put Reagan's pic on a bill, I will get as many of them as possible and tear a piece out of his face. Nothing gets a bill out of circulation faster than tearing it. And can they prove that you did it?

[turbinetree]

9. Nope

good one,

[roamer65]

4. The BEP director looks like he is trying to ignore them.

[DRoseDARs]

7. Compliment? He understands that Bond villains die at the end, right?

Jesus, these people.

[Stryst]

20. I was JUST about to make a comment

asking if they'd still be happy with the comparison when they were being thrown into a volcano/nuclear reactor.

[DRoseDARs]

22. It perfectly exemplifies their egos, stroke it no matter what.

I wonder if Mrs. Moochin compares herself Marie Antoinette. You know: Beautiful, wealthy, beheaded...

[C_U_L8R]

8. This jerk's signature is on our money?

Curious if that's an invitation to exercise our self-expressive first amendment rights. Pass the sharpie.

[lastlib]

10. Skip the sharpie, get the scissors!

[roamer65]

14. Sharpie is legal, scissors are not.

[riversedge]

11. Well, Trump did have him hired. Both have big Egos that have to be fed.

[Paladin]

13. Best comment I heard: Ms. Mnuchin looks like she wants to kill a bunch of Dalmatian puppies. (nt)

Cruella et ux.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

28. From the photo,

She looks more the villain and he the henchman. The black gloves and coat, looking at the camera, seems more intimidating than him looking away. He seems almost subordinate in the scene.

If there were any sort of reputation for humanity or humor from them, it could be almost a case of mugging for the camera.

But when has any republican ever been suspected of having humanity or humor?

[roamer65]

15. Cross out Munchkin, write in Timothy Geithner.

Best damn Treasury secretary we ever had.

[They_Live]

17. I guess we should have said

"you're a threat to the security of working class families, and make me sick to my stomach."

[They_Live]

18. Or "you look like violent sociopaths, hellbent

on the annihilation of millions of innocent civilians."

[TeamPooka]

19. He's so clueless and because of that he's dangerous. nt

[maxrandb]

21. Rarely is there a man that is asking so much

For an ass kicking!

This guy is practically begging for someone to knock the snot out of him

[Vinca]

23. If Steve wasn't rolling in money, his James Bond villain looks would get him nowhere.

Blondie wouldn't be looking twice at him unless she was laughing.

[whistler162]

24. Nah.... Richard Kiel looked better

[sandensea]

25. A View to a Steal.

Grace Jones, optional.

[TDale313]

26. Keith Olbermanns response to this?

“Correction: She’s the Bond villain. You’re the mark.” (Sounds about right)

[nocalflea]

27. Dude's gotta be Trump's long lost brother.

To spin this into a positive for himself is the art of the self-deluded.