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| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton, hold an uncut sheet of $1 dollar notes bearing Mnuchin's name on Wednesday. |
“I never thought I’d be quoted as looking like villains from James Bond. I guess I should take that as a compliment that I look like a villain in a great, successful James Bond movie.”Steve Mnuchin
In photos published Wednesday, Mnuchin and his wife, Scottish actress Louise Linton — wearing a black outfit with leather gloves that some compared to a “Star Wars” villain — posed holding sheets of fresh dollar bills with Mnuchin’s signature on them, creating an instant viral hit on social media.
Mnuchin, a former executive at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS, -0.56% , also said told “Fox News Sunday” that he never expected the photos to go public, even though they were shot at a media event attended by at least two press photographers.
“I didn’t realize the pictures were public and going on the Internet and viral, but people have the right to do that, people can express what they want,” Mnuchin told Fox. “That’s the great thing about social media today. People can say and communicate what they want.”
For the record, being compared to a Bond villain typically isn’t a compliment. Bond villains have included in their ranks extortionists, drug dealers, murderers and, of course, megalomaniacs bent on world domination.READ MORE: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mnuchin-says-hes-flattered-to-be-compared-to-a-bond-villain-2017-11-19
In photos published Wednesday, Mnuchin and his wife, Scottish actress Louise Linton — wearing a black outfit with leather gloves that some compared to a “Star Wars” villain — posed holding sheets of fresh dollar bills with Mnuchin’s signature on them, creating an instant viral hit on social media.
Mnuchin, a former executive at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS, -0.56% , also said told “Fox News Sunday” that he never expected the photos to go public, even though they were shot at a media event attended by at least two press photographers.
“I didn’t realize the pictures were public and going on the Internet and viral, but people have the right to do that, people can express what they want,” Mnuchin told Fox. “That’s the great thing about social media today. People can say and communicate what they want.”
