Rich "Marie Antoinette" Secretary's wife lashes out

Treasury secretary's wife lashes out over comments on Instagram post

By LOUIS NELSON

Louise Linton, the actress and wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, shot back at an online commenter Monday evening, bragging of her family’s wealth and calling the commenter “adorably out of touch” beneath a post in which she identified several high-end brands she was wearing in the photo.

In the photo, Linton and Mnuchin can be seen disembarking from a small government plane painted in the same style as the president’s much larger Air Force One. In her caption, Linton wrote that the couple had enjoyed a “great #daytrip to #Kentucky,” adding hashtags for brands including #rolandmouret, a French fashion designer, #hermesscarf, #tomford and #valentino.

The fashion-laden post prompted a bevy of comments, including one from user @jennimiller29, who wrote “Glad we could pay for your little getaway. #deplorable.” The comment sparked a long reply from Linton.

“Aw!!! Did you think this was a personal trip?! Adorable! Do you think the US govt paid for our honeymoon or personal travel?! Lololol,” the actress wrote. “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 taxes toward our day ‘trip’ than you did. Pretty sure the amount we sacrifice per year is a lot more than you’d be willing to sacrifice if the choice was yours.”

Further down in her comment, Linton insisted that “I know you’re mad, but deep down you’re really nice and so am I.” She wrote that the Instagram commenter’s “life looks cute” and that her “kids look very cute.” Linton wrote that “sending me passive aggressive Instagram comments isn’t going to make life feel better” and instead recommended “a nice massage, one filled with wisdom and humanity.”

“You’re adorably out of touch,” Linton wrote in her message, punctuating it by urging the commenter to “go chill out and watch the new game of thrones. It’s fab!”

The actress’s post was later deleted and her account made private so that her posts are viewable only for those already following her.

Jenni Miller, the Oregon woman behind the triggering comment, told The New York Times that “if she hadn’t made her account private, I would have written back with a very snide Marie Antoinette joke.”

“I think my post was just five or six words, and she had to go on basically a rant about it to make herself look more important and look smarter, better, richer — all those things,” Miller said.