If you were wondering what else the year 2020 could throw at us, Wednesday night brought us the spectacle of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin embroiling himself in a Twitter beef with Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose. The “Paradise City” singer kicked things off by blasting the former movie mogul, tweeting: “It’s official! Whatever anyone may have previously thought of Steve Mnuchin he’s officially an asshole.” Moments later, Mnuchin chimed in: “What have you done for the country lately?” He deleted a previous tweet, which reportedly featured the Liberia flag instead of the U.S. Stars and Stripes. Rose then responded after midnight: “My bad I didn’t get we’re hoping 2 emulate Liberia’s economic model but on the real unlike this admin I’m not responsible for 70k+ deaths n’ unlike u I don’t hold a fed gov position of responsibility 2 the American people n’ go on TV tellin them 2 travel the U.S. during a pandemic.”
