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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      16 days ago

      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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    Bannon has a person vendetta with musk because he’s insanely jealous. Bannon will spill the beans.

    He wants to be in the inner circle again.

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      Bannon is in the MAGA faction and Elon is (or was) in the rival Billionaire faction.

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      Musks pride wouldn’t allow him to acknowledge the fight if he lost, he is the type to quietly tell himself he won but not acknowledge it externally. You see it with Neo-Nazi trolls like him pretty frequently, they talk shit till they get hit then they go cry to the cops. The main difference is that usually they don’t get punched by their own, though Musk is probably more insufferable in person.

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    This is the real reason Musk is getting booted from the administration: Trump hates a loser, probably especially a loser who got his ass beat by an openly gay Ivy league graduate. That must hit all kinds of sour notes for these misogynist and homophobic fucks.

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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.