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?
