Mnuchin begs Chris Wallace: Take the president ‘very literally’ — except on being ‘the chosen one’

AlterNet logoTreasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin insisted on Sunday that Americans should take President Donald Trump’s hyperbolic comments “very literally” — but he allowed for some exceptions.

During an interview on FOX News Sunday, host Chris Wallace noted that Trump had recently “ordered” companies not to do business with China.

“When the president says something, how seriously, how literally should we take it?” Wallace asked.

“I think most of the time, you should take it very literally,” Mnuchin insisted. “I think sometimes he says things that are meant to be a joke.”

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Senate Democrats Ask Why Trump Let Russian Spy Chief Into United States

The following article by Niels Lesniewski was posted on the Roll Call website January 30, 2018:

Also question Treasury secretary on Russia sanctions implementation

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, pressed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about Russian sanctions Tuesday. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call

Leading Senate Democrats want to know why the Trump administration allowed a top Russian spy onto U.S. soil.

Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer led other Democrats in raising concerns Tuesday about a reported visit by Sergey Naryshkin, Russia’s foreign spy chief and an ally of President Vladimir Putin.

“The Trump administration must immediately come clean and answer questions: Which U.S. officials did he meet with? Did any White House or National Security Council official meet with Naryshkin? What did they discuss?” Schumer said. Continue reading “Senate Democrats Ask Why Trump Let Russian Spy Chief Into United States”

New tax guidelines rely on workers to double-check their paychecks

The following article by Damian Paletta was posted on the Washington Post website January 11, 2018:

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Jan. 11 said the IRS will release a “new withholding calculator” as part of the implementation of the GOP tax bill. (Reuters)

Millions of Americans will need to use a new Internal Revenue Service online calculator to ensure their new paychecks are accurate, Trump administration officials said Thursday as they issued guidelines for implementing the recently passed tax law.

The guidelines are necessary for businesses to calculate how much to withhold in taxes from employees’ paychecks beginning as soon as next month. The White House said Thursday that businesses should make these adjustments by Feb. 15, part of the administration’s push for millions of workers to see bigger paychecks as quickly as possible. Continue reading “New tax guidelines rely on workers to double-check their paychecks”

A package for Steven Mnuchin caused a bomb scare. It turned out to be filled with horse manure.

The following article by Amy B. Wang was posted on the Washington Post website December 24, 2017:

A suspicious package addressed to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin prompted a bomb scare Dec. 23, but was later discovered to contain horse manure. (Reuters)

A suspicious package that appeared Saturday night in the swanky Los Angeles neighborhood of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin prompted lengthy street closures and a sizable response by local and federal authorities, including members of the Los Angeles Police Department’s bomb squad.

But the bomb scare was a false alarm, police told local media, after the package was discovered to contain only horse manure. Continue reading “A package for Steven Mnuchin caused a bomb scare. It turned out to be filled with horse manure.”