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The minister flew by plane
The American non -governmental organization "Citizens for responsibility and ethics in Washington" requires the disclosure of the flight of the US Minister of Finance Steve Mnuchin and his wife on a state plane in the city of Lexington, Kentukka, on the day of the solar eclipse. The minister, together with the leader of the Senate majority of Mitch MacConnell, watched the solar eclipse from the roof of the US gold reserves, one of the buildings in the military unit of Fort Knocks next to Lexington. In this area of the United States, the sun disappeared by 97 percent.
"Citizens for responsibility and ethics in Washington" supported almost all the largest publications in the United States, who described this story in detail. But the photograph of two men in dark costumes, but the posts on Instagram, laid out by the wife of the Minister of Finance, actress Louise Linton , revealed it for society. Linton was not only photographed against the background of the state liner, but also provided her photo with an explanation of what exactly she was dressed in. Despite the meager summer wardrobe, Linton's clothing and accessories included Valentino, Hermes, Tom Fort, Roland Mouret. And so that no one has doubts about what objects were made by which designer, Linton wrote an explanation on the Instagram #rulandmouret Pants (trousers), #tomford Sunnies (Sunny Glasses), #HERMESSCARF (scarf), #Valentorockstudheels. #Valentino ...
Treasury Sec. Steve Mnuchin%27s Wife Louise Linton Has Deleted this Instagram, Which Contained Tagged Designers and Some Interesting Comments pic.twitter.com/mvphpjtrze
- Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) August 22, 2017
Struck by such a demonstration of wealth, which is considered indecent in the United States for government officials and their surroundings, the mother of three children from Oregon and also the user of Instagram Jenny Miller caustically noticed in a commentary on the post: "I am glad that we were able to pay for this small entertaining trip." Linton retorted in response: “Did you make a more contribution to the economy than me and my husband? As a private taxpayer or a self -sacrifice to the country? I am sure that we paid more taxes for our day of the“ trip ”than you. And I am absolutely sure that the amount of our donations per year significantly exceeds what you are ready to sacrifice if you wanted.” Among the other remarks of the minister’s wife were: “charmingly lost a sense of reality”, “chop”, “thanks for your passively aggressive ugly commentary”.
In an interview with CNN, the offended Jenny Miller remarked: "She went to the staff where every fifth lives in poverty and many children do not know whether they will have lunch today."
Linton later deleted photos from Instagram and apologized to Miller. Her Instagram account was transferred to a closed, private, mode.
This is not the first case of class irritation after coming to the White House of the new administration. The daughter of then the chosen President Trump Ivanka was sitting in an interview for the 60 minutes program in the bracelet of her own company - worth 10 thousand dollars.
Ivanka Trump%27s Jewelry Company Is Promoting a $ 10,000 Bracelet The FUTURA FIRST DAUGHTER WORE ON "60 Minutes" https://t.co/9dtwg9wqqq pic.twitter.com/wrxs2jnyn
- CNN Politics (@cnnpolitics) November 16, 2016
Ivanka Trump Criticized Over Promoting $ 10,000 Bracelet https://t.co/vetyfy7S6H via @one_news_page
- Paula lorene horton (@lorenepaula) November 18, 2016
The president’s wife was criticized half a wrapper worth 51 and a half thousand dollars , which she endowed at a meeting of a large seven in May of this year. Vice edition started talking about the oligarchy in America. A photograph of the first lady on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine for Mexico caused even more discontent. Melania Trump in jewelry winds up a diamond chain on a fork like spaghetti.
OH Dear Melania. Your Marie Antoinette Moment. %27let Them Eat Diamonds ...%27. And it%27s Mexico%27s Vanity Fair Cover !!! Begged Belief. pic.twitter.com/fugmcobbtu
- Robin Morgan (@Robinrmorgan) February 14, 2017
The original of this photo also got to Twitter.
Melania Trump, Vanity Fair México Y Un Muy Mal Gusto - https://t.co/qrlgbappry pic.twitter.com/w4si5fulh5
- Tuiris (@tuirismedia) February 16, 2017
Criticism was also caused by the fact that the photo of the First Lady of the United States so sparkling diamonds was represented in Mexico just at the time of a sharp deterioration in relations between countries due to plans for building a wall on the border.
And the recently extravagant for luxury wedding Louise Linton and the Minister of Finance Steve Mnuchin, who was present, was inherent in these three ladies in public opinion. Business Insider devoted a selection of photos to this wedding.
Mnuchin was chosen by President Trump for the post of Minister of Finance after he worked as the chief financier of his election campaign during the year.
Be that as it may, the US Department of Finance issued a statement that the minister flew to Fortoks not to look at the sunny eclipse - it just happened. "The minister was in the official government train to Kentucky, where he and the leader of the Senate majority of MacConnell met with members of the business community to discuss the reform of the tax system. [...] Minister of Mnuchin compensated the state for the trip of Ms. Linton, as the established practice of using military aircraft by civilians. Initially, this trip was planned at the beginning August, but was postponed due to the Congress schedule, ”the US Department of Finance said.
The Los Angeles Times, in this regard, notes that in American practice ministers use commercial flights for flights around the country, and state liners use only for trips abroad. And "citizens for responsibility and ethics in Washington" require documentary evidence of the facts specified in the statement of the Ministry of Finance.
Wanna Know What Was Behind Steve Mnuchin & Louise Linton%27s Flight to Ky? So Do We, So We Fined a Foia to find out. https://t.co/uvzwjq1rv7
- Citizens for Ethics (@crewcrew) August 25, 2017
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Irina Lagunina
Head of Special Projects of Russian Service Radio Liberty
Laguninai@rferl.org