On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton, struck a pose with a sheet of $1 bills for the unveiling of new currency featuring his and US Treasurer Jovita Carranza's signatures.
But both Mnuchin and the bills were upstaged by the black-clad Linton, whose intense look inspired Twitter all afternoon.
— big username jeb lund (@Mobute) November 15, 2017
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) November 15, 2017
Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs exec, toured the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to get a firsthand glance at the currency production line, the New York Post reported.
— Jennifer Wright (@JenAshleyWright) November 15, 2017
Jokes involving the couple's summer wedding were even tossed out.
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) November 15, 2017
Some comic book fans couldn't get over how closely the two mirrored classic fictional villains.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 15, 2017
And with the highly anticipated release of the next Star Wars installment, some even compared saw Kylo Ren in Linton's dark sartorial statement.
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) November 15, 2017
Who wore it better? Kylo, the internet found.
— Ignacio Fiallos (@TheIgMan) November 15, 2017
The new dollar bills will be shipped to Federal Reserve regional banks around the nation before going into circulation in December.
