Internet mocks Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and wife for posing with money that’s got his name on it
Many said that the optics of the photograph lent the two the aura of a pair of Hollywood villains
Wealthy US 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: he posed for a photo.
Coming in the midst of tax-reform plans by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans that non-partisan 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.
The photo was snapped Wednesday as Mnuchin and Linton, along with US Treasurer Jovita Carranza, toured the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington.
The new $1 bills, with Mnuchin and Carranza’s signatures, were expected to go into circulation in December.
For many, there was something comical about the picture of the couple, no strangers to criticism 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.