Steve Mnuchin Gets Into Twitter Fight With Axl Rose
“What have you done for the country lately?” the treasury secretary shot back after the Guns N’ Roses frontman dubbed him an “asshole.”
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If you were wondering what else the year 2020 could throw at us, Wednesday night brought us the spectacle of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin embroiling himself in a Twitter beef with Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose. The “Paradise City” singer kicked things off by blasting the former movie mogul, tweeting: “It’s official! Whatever anyone may have previously thought of Steve Mnuchin he’s officially an asshole.” Moments later, Mnuchin chimed in: “What have you done for the country lately?” He deleted a previous tweet, which reportedly featured the Liberia flag instead of the U.S. Stars and Stripes. Rose then responded after midnight: “My bad I didn’t get we’re hoping 2 emulate Liberia’s economic model but on the real unlike this admin I’m not responsible for 70k+ deaths n’ unlike u I don’t hold a fed gov position of responsibility 2 the American people n’ go on TV tellin them 2 travel the U.S. during a pandemic.”
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