Tag: Louise Linton

Mnuchin: Comparisons to James Bond villain a compliment

The following article by Brett Samuels was posted on the Hill website November 19, 2017:

Treasury Secretary Steven 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 the ‘James Bond’ [movies]. 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 and wearing a black leather glove, and Mnuchin looking off into the distance.

Asked on Sunday why he posed for the photo, Mnuchin said he was excited to have his signature on the dollar bill, adding that it’s “a great privilege” being Treasury secretary.

“I didn’t realize the pictures were public and going on the Internet and viral, but people can do that,” Mnuchin said Sunday, adding that the beauty of social media is “people can communicate what they want.”

The couple previously caught flak for taking a government jet to Kentucky this summer for the solar eclipse. The Treasury secretary also reportedly requested the use of a government jet during his honeymoon to Europe.

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

The following article by Eli Rosenberg was posted on the Washington Post website November 15, 2017:

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton, posed with a sheet of new $1 bills Nov. 15. (Associated Press)

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin did what just about anyone would do when presented with a newly minted sheet of American currency bearing their name and signature on Wednesday: He posed for a photo.

Coming in the midst of tax-overhaul plans by President Trump and congressional Republicans that nonpartisan analysts say would disproportionately benefit corporations and wealthy individuals, among others, the photo of Mnuchin and wife Louise Linton holding up the sheet of new $1 bills became an instant meme and drew wide mockery around the Internet. Continue reading “‘Like Bond villains’: What happened when Steven Mnuchin and his wife posed with a sheet of money”

Trump’s plutocracy problem complicates push for tax cuts

The following article by James Hohmann with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve was posted on the Washington Post website September 26, 2017:

Here are key moments from the speech President Trump gave on tax policy proposals in Mandan, N.D., Sept. 6. (Sarah Parnass/The Washington Post)

THE BIG IDEA: Two in three Americans believe that large corporations pay too little in taxes. Only 11 percent of U.S. adults think these businesses pay too much, while 17 percent think they pay their fair share. Even half of Republicans believe big businesses pay too little in taxes, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Overwhelmingly, across party lines, people feel that the current tax system is rigged in favor of the wealthy. Over 7 in 10 Americans think the tax system favors the rich. Just five percent think the current code favors the middle class. Continue reading “Trump’s plutocracy problem complicates push for tax cuts”

Treasury secretary’s wife boasts of travel on government plane, touts Hermes and Valentino fashion

The following article by Damian Paletta was posted on the Washington Post website August 21, 2017:

Louise Linton, wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, caused controversy on Aug. 21 when she boasted of traveling on a government plane and tagged high-end fashion designers. (Video: Elyse Samuels/Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s wife, Louise Linton, boasted of flying on a government plane with her husband to Kentucky on Monday and then named the numerous fashion brands she wore on the trip in an unusual social media post that only became more bizarre minutes later. Continue reading “Treasury secretary’s wife boasts of travel on government plane, touts Hermes and Valentino fashion”