Decline and Fall of Elon Musk
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Bessent repeatedly shouted the profane insult at the Tesla billionaire, who responded by yelling, ‘Say it louder,’ as they brawled within earshot of President Trump.
Bessent shouted down Elon Musk in an final and explosive curse-filled brawl that rolled through the West Wing just weeks after cabinet "ambush."
A report by The Atlantic chronicled the 'decline and fall' of Elon Musk in the Donald Trump administration and claimed there was a heated argument between Elon and treasury secretary Scott Bessent in which Bessent was saying 'F**k you,
The clash began outside the Oval Office, before ending up around the corner by the National Security Adviser’s office, according to The Atlantic. At one point, their faces were inches apart, as Musk commented on Bessent for having “two failed hedge funds.”
As President Donald Trump conducted an impromptu news conference in Doha, Qatar, this month, surrounded by business leaders and top advisers, he made a point of singling out one person in particular.
“F--- you! F--- you! F--- you!” Bessent reportedly yelled at Musk during a heated disagreement over who should get to pick the head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The Daily Beast has contacted the Treasury Department for comment.
Fox News Digital asked Republican senators on Capitol Hill to respond to the approximately 500,000 untraceable payments made by the Treasury Department each year.
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has unveiled a plan focused on accelerating GDP growth to avert a U.S. recession.
Tensions have reached a boiling point between Elon Musk and Trump's cabinet, highlighted by a profanity-laced confrontation over IRS leadership. Musk's attempts to bypass protocol and implement sweeping spending cuts through his DOGE initiative have sparked outrage.