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.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

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.