Steve Mnuchin and his wife held a sheet of dollar bills and made the internet rich with memes
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and his wife Louise Linton posing with a large sheet of dollar bills is America's newest, ridiculously bizarre meme.
On Wednesday, Mnuchin and U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza visited the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to check out the first new batch of $1 bills that feature their signatures, The Associated Press reported. But when it came time for the photo op things got pretty weird.
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Mnuchin grabbed a sheet of bills, stood by his wife — who just so happened to be decked out in a black, leather ensemble — and the two proceeded to assume the roles of the most awkward villains in the world.
After getting one look at the snapshots, Twitter users had a field day brutally roasting the couple.
Why do Treasury Sec Mnuchin and his wife insist on posing for photos that make them look like Bond villains? pic.twitter.com/2auZr3LGoP
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) November 15, 2017
— zedster (@z3dster) November 15, 2017
Find someone who looks at you the way Louise Linton looks at Steve Mnuchin holding a sheet of dollar bills with his name on them pic.twitter.com/3fGXmJti6c
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) November 15, 2017
Mnuchin and his wife picking up some toilet paper. pic.twitter.com/OMq7VUkDbZ
— AOK (@ThisisAOK) November 15, 2017
These are gonna look great in documentaries about financial crimes that happened on Mnuchin’s watch pic.twitter.com/vbSjc0z8qj
— Adam Khan (@Khanoisseur) November 15, 2017
Steve Mnuchin gets a preview of life as a millionaire under the GOP tax plan https://t.co/bOPsE8ZuQS
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) November 15, 2017
These photos of the Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin and his wife Louise Linton cackling over new dollar bills with his signature on them look like stills from a slapstick action movie villain montage pic.twitter.com/J7YWOXS627
— Alp Ozcelik (@alplicable) November 15, 2017
The gloves, the Blue Steel gaze! Only way this could be worse would be if Linton and Mnuchin were lighting cigars with flaming dollar bills. pic.twitter.com/72KVMUT1fh
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) November 15, 2017
I’m starting to get the feeling that Louise Linton may not have married Steven Mnuchin because of his charm, wit, or rugged good looks. pic.twitter.com/6ADfGuemKP
— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) November 15, 2017
Mnuchin (VO): She loves me for my charm. My grace. My wit.
NARRATOR: She did not love him. pic.twitter.com/nEjXevxVQr— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 15, 2017
So much going on in this photo but I am shocked to find out Steven Mnuchin’s wife killed Han Solo pic.twitter.com/Ic2GBIemGC
— Dusty (@DustinGiebel) November 15, 2017
Mnuchin: We need to fight the perception that we're just a couple of out-of-touch plutocrats
Treasury PR person: Hold on boss I've got just the thing pic.twitter.com/uFT2vGzujw— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) November 15, 2017
Now that it's been shown off by Mnuchin, the currency is on its way to Federal Reserve regional banks around the country and will reportedly enter circulation next month.
That leaves everyone plenty of time to get psyched and perhaps buy some elbow-length leather gloves to re-create these stunning shots.
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