Who is Louise Linton? Steve Mnuchin's wife admires Melania Trump and even fights for her on social media
The wives of Treasury Secretaries aren't usually well-known in the nation, but no doubt that the current presidential administration is different. Trump's millionaire treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, is married to actress Louis Linton, who is now making headlines for adoring Melania Trump and for "toasting" for her.
The 39-year-old Scottish actress, took to Instagram to post a photo of herself holding up a glass of bubbly wine while toasting for 50-year-old Melania Trump at an event held in the State Dining Room. "There is no one more elegant, beautiful, regal, and kind than our stunning First Lady, Melania. Her poise, grace and strength touch and inspire me," Louise wrote in the gushing caption.
"Thank you for hosting spouses of the cabinet today, It was an honor to toast you and to sit by your side," she added.
Soon, people started slamming Melania in the post, as one Internet user commented, "Kind? Excuses locking kids in cages. I don't call that kind," to which she replied, "She didn't lock kids in cages. SHE returned from her visit to the border and demanded an end to the horrid practice. Get your facts straight."
More people started bashing Melania but Linton stood by her side, as another Instagram user commented, "Louise, you are the only kind and elegant person here. If Melania was a good person, she would speak out against the poor children in cages. Sorry, not my kind," to which Linton replied saying, "She did speak out about the children in cages and as a result, the president reversed/ended the practice."
Who is Louise Linton?
Linton has appeared in horror films like 'Cabin Fever' and 'Intruder'. She has also played some minor roles in 'CSI NY'. She now serves on the board of Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA and the Old Fettesian's US Board of Trustees for Fettes College in Edinburgh. From 2010 to 2012, she served as an ambassador for Erskine Wounded Warriors Scotland. Not just that, she is now the ambassador for the Scottish Butterfly Trust for Cystic Fibrosis.
She was previously married to famous Los Angeles defense attorney Ronald Richards from 2006 to 2009. She met Mnuchin through mutual friends in 2013 at a wedding. The pair got engaged in 2015 after dating for almost two years. On June 24, 2017, the couple tied the knot at a ceremony which Vice President Mike Pence officiated. The beautiful wedding took place at the Andrew W Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump and Melania Trump also attended the wedding.
Even before she got married to Mnuchin, Linton lived a life of luxury. Mnuchin’s personal fortune, which is estimated to be a net worth of about $300 million, according to Forbes, has only added to Linton’s privileged life. Her prominent display of wealth through her Instagram posts, of her wearing an outfit worth up to $4,600 with hashtags #hermesscarf and #valentinorockstudheels, stems back to her family in Scotland, where she grew up in a castle.
Linton came under fire in 2016 when the Daily Telegraph published a portion of her memoir, 'In Congo's Shadow: One Girl's Perilous Journey to the Heart of Africa' about her volunteer work in Zambia during a gap year from college. The excerpt, published with the headline "How my dream gap year in Africa turned into a nightmare", was widely criticized as clichéd, fabricated, and a glaring example of the "white savior complex".
In the portion that was shared by the Telegraph, Linton wrote about how she hid as Congolese rebels raided a nearby village. "As the night ticked interminably by, I tried not to think what the rebels would do to the 'skinny white muzungu with long angel hair' if they found me." However, Linton was accused of exaggerating and fabricating details from her experience in Zambia. "I am genuinely dismayed and very sorry to see that I have offended people as this was the very opposite of my intent," Linton said on Twitter in 2016.