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.

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. Read more…

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