Daily Beast - Elon Musk had a WWE-style “screaming match” with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent feet from the Oval Office—which only ended when they were dragged apart.
The fight was within earshot of President Donald Trump, two eyewitnesses told Axios. An aide had to physically get between the two men to end the fight.
The dispute started in the Oval and the two took it outside to the hall, with Musk calling Bessent, a billionaire in his own right, “failed.” The fight last Thursday was over who should run the IRS.
The argument stemmed from Gary Shapley—a former IRS agent who was a “whistleblower” on Hunter Biden—being made acting commissioner of the IRS the day before the fight. Shapley was Musk’s choice, while Bessent wanted his deputy, Michael Faulkender, to get the job. Bessent accused Musk of going over his head to see that Shapley was named to the role.
A source told Axios that Bessent confronted Musk about the move, and “the F-bombs started to fly.”
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