Mnuchin says it was his idea to put Trump's name on stimulus checks
Source: The Hill
BY ARIS FOLLEY - 04/19/20 08:51 PM EDT
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday that it was his idea to put President Trump's name on the stimulus checks being sent to Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.
We did put the president's name on the check, he said during an appearance on CNNs State of The Union, adding: That was my idea. He is the president and I think it's a terrific symbol to the American public.
His comments come after a story published by The Washington Post, which had been first to break the news about the move, last week reported that the president had privately made the suggestion about having his name printed on the checks to Mnuchin.
The story had also reported that two senior agency officials with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had claimed the move to print Trumps name on the checks would cause delays for some payments.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/493606-mnuchin-says-it-was-his-idea-to-put-trumps-name-on-stimulus-checks-a
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)I believe nada coming from shithole and his effed up administration, and the effed up republican party.
PSPS
(13,628 posts)Mnuchin is a toady of the first degree and knows this is the stuff that further ingratiates him with trump. Meanwhile, he will keep looting the treasury along with the rest of them.
SeattleVet
(5,481 posts)Asking for a friend.
dalton99a
(81,671 posts)Fucking scumbags
rocktivity
(44,583 posts)Last edited Sun Apr 19, 2020, 11:08 PM - Edit history (1)
but once it became clear that the people don't consider the payments to be either his money OR his gift, he needed a scapegoat."
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Baclava
(12,047 posts)Sir Normie
(40 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)Bayard
(22,199 posts)notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)BootinUp
(47,209 posts)olddad65
(599 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,231 posts)Horseshit.
keithbvadu2
(37,005 posts)Take one for the gipper.
marble falls
(57,424 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)area51
(11,934 posts)DUar17
(91 posts)100 years later we have "Trump stamp"
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)LogicFirst
(572 posts)Trump already admitted that he suggested to Mnuchin to put his name on the checks.
thesquanderer
(11,998 posts)I imagine the conversation went something like this:
TRUMP: "I want my signature used to sign the checks."
MNUCHIN: "Well, we'd have to go through legal changes, it will add a lot of time/expense/complication, so how about if we print your name on the memo line? And {to make it sound more appealing to him}, nobody who doesn't already know it can read your signature anyway, but everyone will be able to read the printed line."
So yeah, I bet it was Mnuchin's dumb idea, to save the treasury from Trump's even dumber idea.
Iggo
(47,586 posts)Who does he think believes him?
There's gotta be somebody, or he wouldn't bother.
But who?
FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)Blue Owl
(50,547 posts)n/t
Aussie105
(5,476 posts)is the check still valid?
Asking for all the Democrats out there.
PlanetBev
(4,104 posts)Mnuchin continues to curry favor with Trump by taking one for the team.
Liver-lipped asshole.
AZ8theist
(5,524 posts)LIAR.
FILTHY, FUCKING SUB HUMAN LIAR.
gab13by13
(21,480 posts)or does Mnuchin have that kind of face that one would just like to bust his glasses right across the bridge of his nose?
bucolic_frolic
(43,442 posts)When it seemed like a good idea, it was all Trump's. No more.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,601 posts)much like a Mafia don tells one of his enforcers, "This guy is causing me too much trouble." Adding Fat Donnie's name to the checks is unprecedented, so it's not something Mnuchin would think of by himself. And then there's the story about how Trump wanted his signature on each check, so his dumb followers would think he was personally giving them the funds, even though the money was allocated by Congress.
Bengus81
(6,936 posts)Maxheader
(4,374 posts)That is all....
sanatanadharma
(3,747 posts)Can we trust this memory-addled man to manage our check book?
The payment due to Americans is way over due and 'munchkin' is still blinded by the yellow-orange-brick-road-brain of shambles and shame.
Marthe48
(17,087 posts)renewed every day.
denvine
(802 posts)They are all liars!
matt819
(10,749 posts)Sword, falling on
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Trump always requires somebody else to take responsibility for his unpopular decisions.