Louise Linton, wife of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, has made both her Instagram and Twitter accounts private after she was criticized for sharing a picture of her and her husband de-boarding a government plane in Kentucky, and bragging about the luxury fashion brands she was wearing.
“Great #daytrip to #Kentucky! #nicest #people #countryside” Linton wrote, according to a screenshot of the now-private post, before tagging the labels she was wearing “#rolandmouret pants, #tomford sunnies, #hermesscarf #valentinorockstudheels #valentino #usa”
Some were turned off by such an ostentatious display of wealth on a government trip, including one Instagram user who wrote: “glad we could pay for your little getaway #deplorable.”
Linton quickly fired back with a lengthy, angry post in which she wrote:
Aw!!! Did you think this was a personal trip?! Adorable! Do you think the US govt paid for our honeymoon or personal travel?! Lololol. Have you given more to the economy than me and my husband? Either as an individual earner in taxes OR in self sacrifice to your country? I’m pretty sure we paid more sacrifices toward our day “trip” than you did.
Louise Linton, wife of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, just turned her Instagram private after posting this (h/t )
Margarita Noriega (@margarita) August 22, 2017
Although Treasury secretaries usually travel on domestic carriers when flying within the U.S., a spokesperson for the Treasury Department told the Post that Mnuchin’s use of a government plane had been approved, and that the couple had covered the cost of Linton’s travel. They also said that Linton had not received any financial compensation from the brands she tagged in her post. No word however, on her Game of Thrones endorsement.