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”