Elon Musk allegedly got into a heated discussion with a senior White House official that turned physical during his time as head of DOGE, according to Steve Bannon.

A former chief strategist during Donald Trump’s first term in office, Bannon told the Daily Mail that Musk’s turbulent time in the White House took a dramatic turn when he allegedly “shoved” 62-year-old Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a heated exchange.

According to Bannon, Bessent confronted Musk over his sweeping but unfulfilled promises to deliver $1 trillion in budget cuts. “Scott Bessent called him out and said, ‘You promised us a trillion dollars in cuts, and now you’re at like $100 billion. Nobody can find any savings. What are you doing?’” Bannon recounted.

“And that’s when Elon got physical. It’s a sore subject with him,” Bannon said.

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      Well, b comes before t in the alphabet, so it must be saving more money! Now watch them change the rules of nature/math.

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        “In the end, the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it.”

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      I was betting it was from Stephen miller seeing as he’s left handed, does anybody know if bessent is left handed too? lol

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        Unless someone has seen Miller with a cast on, it wasn’t him. That limp dick Nazi would snap his wrist just thinking about hitting someone.

        I again challenge Stephen Miller to a cage match to the death

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        I would hope even Ferret Face Miller could give a better black eye than that piddling shit Elonazi is sporting…

        Waiting to find out that he actually was slapped/hit by a woman somewhere along the line. 🤷‍♂️

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    Someone who looks like Elon getting physical with anyone is sorta wild. Many 62 year olds could curb stomp him without breaking a sweat. Surprised Trump didn’t hire his mom to babysit him like she did against Zuckerberg, who would have broke him in half.

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    Quick reminder that if we’re hearing it from Bannon, there’s an agenda being pushed, and it’ll be in Trump’s best interests. Nice to hear about infighting, though.