https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/musk-deletes-x-post-accusing-trump-epstein-ties/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/steve-bannon-claims-secretary-bessent-elon-musk-got/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/07/trump-elon-musk-fight-behind-scenes/
In mid-April, Musk and Bessent had gone into the Oval Office to make their respective cases about their preferences for acting IRS commissioner. Trump decided to support Bessent’s choice. That disagreement was first reported by the New York Times.
After Bessent and Musk exited the Oval Office and began walking down the hallway, the two men started to exchange insults, Bannon said, adding that Bessent brought up Musk’s claims that he would uncover more than $1 trillion in wasteful and fraudulent government spending, which Musk had not succeeded at doing.
“Scott said, ‘You’re a fraud. You’re a total fraud,’” Bannon said in an interview.
Musk then rammed his shoulder into Bessent’s rib cage “like a rugby player,” Bannon said, and Bessent hit him back. Multiple people stepped in to break up the scrum as the two men reached the national security adviser’s office, and Musk was shuffled out of the West Wing.
“President Trump heard about it and said, ‘This is too much,’” Bannon said.