Mnuchin claims it was actually his idea to put Trump’s name on stimulus checks

“That was my idea,” Mnuchin claimed to Tapper in the clip below. “He is the President, and I think it’s a terrific symbol to the American public.”

Here is that clip.

Though Mnuchin stressed that Trump could have signed the checks, as covered by The Washington Post, Trump hypothetically signing the checks could be an issue, in that the president is reportedly “not an authorized signer” for these disbursements.

And if you’re wondering whether or not your stimulus check got lost in the mail, Mnuchin told Tapper the paper checks actually hadn’t been sent out yet. “The checks have not gone out yet,” Mnuchin clarified. He also encouraged people to get their money using direct deposit, which in his words, is “much safer.” Never mind people who don’t have bank accounts. 

You may remember that Mnuchin recently suggested people can live off of these $1,200 checks for weeks.

Though compared to Sen. Lindsey Graham’s unfounded paranoia that, tempted by “$24 an hour” unemployment assistance, nurses may quit their jobs during a novel pandemic to collect easy money, Mnuchin claims ring in as just an exasperated shrug. 

And Trump? At a press briefing last week, he told reporters he was sure “people will be very happy” to receive a “big, fat, beautiful check” with his “name is on it.”