Axl Rose and Steven Mnuchin got into a fight on Twitter

Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin got into a Twitter spat on Wednesday night. Seriously.
Without tagging Mnuchin, Rose tweeted, "It's official! Whatever anyone may have previously thought of Steve Mnuchin he's officially an asshole." Mnuchin jumped into his replies, responding, "What have you done for the country lately?" His tweet included the American flag emoji.
This was actually Mnuchin's second attempt at a sick burn, as his original response included a Liberian flag instead. He deleted that tweet before Rose could share how he is making a difference in the African country.
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Rose also didn't say what exactly prompted him to make his declaration, but it may have been triggered by the Guns N' Roses rendition of "Live and Let Die" blaring in the background during President Trump's Tuesday visit to a Phoenix mask manufacturing plant. Is this only the beginning of a feud between GNR and the Trump administration? Could we even handle Slash versus Wilbur Ross?
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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