Mnuchin says it was his idea to put Trump's name on stimulus checks

[Judi Lynn]

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 CNN’s “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 Trump’s 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]

1. They all lie all the damn time . . .

I believe nada coming from shithole and his effed up administration, and the effed up republican party.

[PSPS]

2. So hard to tell these days, but he may be telling the truth

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]

3. Is SARS-COV-2 transmissible by ass-kissing?

Asking for a friend.

[dalton99a]

4. Yeah, sure

Fucking scumbags

[rocktivity]

5. TRANSLATION: "It was HIS idea to put his name on the checks

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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."

rocktivity

[Baclava]

6. Will they be putting Trumps name on all the death certificates?

[Sir Normie]

24. Hard Left to Donald's Solar Plexus! Baclava,

[Baclava]

38. Th thank you, thank you very much

[Bayard]

35. Under, "Cause of Death"

[notdarkyet]

7. It was a stupid idea. Not your money, not trumps money OUR money. Taxpayers.

[BootinUp]

8. Hilarious. Nt

[olddad65]

9. If he ever had an original idea, Trumputin would fire him

[LudwigPastorius]

10. "Mnuchin says it was his idea to put Trump's name on stimulus checks"

Horseshit.

[keithbvadu2]

11. Take one for the gipper.

Take one for the gipper.

[marble falls]

12. Mnuchin!!! Trump didn't have to throw him under a bus, he slid under it all on his own with a smile.

[Progressive Jones]

13. Bullshit! nt

[area51]

14. Pull the other leg, Mnuchin.

[DUar17]

15. Adolf Hitler designed the Nazi flag in 1920 with the swastika,

100 years later we have "Trump stamp"

[COLGATE4]

16. "Did I do good, Boss?? Huh? Huh Boss. I did good Boss, didn't I???"

[LogicFirst]

17. Bad timing for his statement.

Trump already admitted that he suggested to Mnuchin to put his name on the checks.

[thesquanderer]

34. I think this is WHY it was indeed Muchin's idea.

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]

18. Yeah sure, Mnuchin.

Who does he think believes him?

There's gotta be somebody, or he wouldn't bother.

But who?

[FoxNewsSucks]

19. Mnuchkin: Lying ass-kissing sack of shit. nt

[Blue Owl]

20. Steve's wearin' a pair of Bad Idea jeans

n/t

[Aussie105]

21. If you use liquid paper to blot out Trump's mention on a check

is the check still valid?

Asking for all the Democrats out there.

[PlanetBev]

22. I call bullshit

Mnuchin continues to curry favor with Trump by taking one for the team.

Liver-lipped asshole.

[AZ8theist]

23. Mnuchin says it was his idea to put Trump's name on stimulus checks

LIAR.

FILTHY, FUCKING SUB HUMAN LIAR.

[gab13by13]

25. Is it just me,

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]

26. You mean now that it's played like a pregnant lead hippo

When it seemed like a good idea, it was all Trump's. No more.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

27. Michael Cohen testified that Trump never says what he wants -- he implies it,

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]

28. Total 100% LIE.........

[Maxheader]

29. bull...

That is all....

[sanatanadharma]

30. Took him a while to remember that he initiated the promotion of the "Tr*mp" name

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]

31. munchkin probably has traitor's name tattooed on his ass

renewed every day.

[denvine]

32. Sure it was!

They are all liars!

[matt819]

33. See also. . .

Sword, falling on

[greenjar_01]

36. Pretty much proof positive that they have polling showing the American people hate it

Trump always requires somebody else to take responsibility for his unpopular decisions.

[Steelrolled]

37. Stupid stuff - why does it matter.