--- title: Steven Mnuchin Requested a Military Jet For His Honeymoon description: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asked for a $25,000 an hour military jet to fly him and his wife on a honeymoon to Europe. canonical: https://time.com/4941149/steven-mnuchin-military-jet-honeymoon/ author: Rachel Lewis article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-14T12:48:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:25:38.635Z article:section: Politics og:title: Steven Mnuchin Requested a Military Jet For His Honeymoon og:description: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asked for a $25,000 an hour military jet to fly him and his wife on a honeymoon to Europe. og:url: https://time.com/4941149/steven-mnuchin-military-jet-honeymoon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc00a3e5dc01b14e9/6988ddbe97cdff79876b2701/steven-mnuchin-military-jet-honeymoon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Steven Mnuchin Requested a Military Jet For His Honeymoon twitter:description: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asked for a $25,000 an hour military jet to fly him and his wife on a honeymoon to Europe. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc00a3e5dc01b14e9/6988ddbe97cdff79876b2701/steven-mnuchin-military-jet-honeymoon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Steven Mnuchin Requested a U.S. Military Jet to Use for His Honeymoon ## Video: Treasury Secretary’s Wife Fires Back at Critics on Social Media [Watch (HLS stream): Treasury Secretary’s Wife Fires Back at Critics on Social Media](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/JHneApzV.m3u8) (0:57)  _Published 2017-08-22. The Treasury Secretary’s wife Louise Linton is not shy about wearing designer clothes or firing back at her critics_ by [Rachel Lewis](https://time.com/author/rachel-lewis/) ## Rachel Lewis Sep 14, 2017 12:48 PM UTC  Steven Mnuchin, his fiancee Louise Linton. Steven Mnuchin, his fiancee Louise Linton.The Washington Post / Getty Images by [Rachel Lewis](https://time.com/author/rachel-lewis/) ## Rachel Lewis Sep 14, 2017 12:48 PM UTC U.S. Treasury Secretary [Steven Mnuchin](http://time.com/4832219/donald-melania-trump-mnuchin-wedding/) asked for a $25,000-an-hour military jet to fly him and his wife on a honeymoon to Europe, weeks before the couple flew on a government aircraft during the eclipse. The department’s inspector general announced on Wednesday that they were investigating the request, which was made because Mnunchin feared he would not have access to secure communications while traveling to Scotland, France, and Italy, [ABC News reported](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/treasury-secretary-mnuchin-requested-government-jet-european-honeymoon/story?id=49777076). “It is imperative that he have access to secure communications, and it is our practice to consider a wide range of options to ensure he has these capabilities during his travel, including the possible use of military aircraft,” a department spokesman said on Wednesday. The request was dropped when other secure communications options were found. The White House and Republican leaders are this week [planning to detail](https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/white-house-republican-leaders-plan-to-reveal-tax-cut-details-in-two-weeks/2017/09/13/ff88c3b8-988d-11e7-87fc-c3f7ee4035c9%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.5c38a75aef6b) cuts to corporate and individual taxes that start on September 25. Mnuchin’s governmental flight to Kentucky raised eyebrows in August after Louise Linton, his wife, posted an Instagram picture of herself getting off the plane and tagged the designers that she was wearing. The flight was during the time of the eclipse, [leading to wide condemnation](http://time.com/4915080/watchdog-steven-mnuchin-louise-linton-trip-eclipse/) that the trip was conveniently planned for personal travel. Treasury officials defended the trip as “official government travel,” [the Washington _Post_ reported](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/treasury-inspector-general-to-review-mnuchin-flight-to-ft-knox/2017/08/31/d9e122d4-8eb2-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.3cfc0b883cbf). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4941149/steven-mnuchin-military-jet-honeymoon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4941149/steven-mnuchin-military-jet-honeymoon/"},"headline":"Steven Mnuchin Requested a U.S. Military Jet to Use for His Honeymoon","datePublished":"2017-09-14T12:48:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:25:38.635Z","description":"Weeks before the eclipse controversy","url":"https://time.com/4941149/steven-mnuchin-military-jet-honeymoon/","keywords":["onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc00a3e5dc01b14e9/6988ddbe97cdff79876b2701/steven-mnuchin-military-jet-honeymoon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel Lewis","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rachel-lewis/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc00a3e5dc01b14e9/6988ddbe97cdff79876b2701/steven-mnuchin-military-jet-honeymoon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Donald Trump","caption":"President Donald Trump","creditText":"The Washington Post / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4941149/steven-mnuchin-military-jet-honeymoon/","name":"Steven Mnuchin Requested a U.S. Military Jet to Use for His Honeymoon"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Treasury Secretary’s Wife Fires Back at Critics on Social Media","description":"The Treasury Secretary’s wife Louise Linton is not shy about wearing designer clothes or firing back at her critics","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/JHneApzV/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-08-22T19:50:12.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/JHneApzV.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4941149/steven-mnuchin-military-jet-honeymoon/","duration":"PT57S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4941149/steven-mnuchin-military-jet-honeymoon/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```