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The Washington Post reported aft speaking with Steve Bannon that Elon Musk aggressively "body-checked" Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent astatine the White House earlier this year, highlighting flared tensions betwixt the tech billionaire and members of the Trump administration.
The study stated that Musk and Bessent had entered the Oval Office successful April to explicit their preferences for acting IRS commissioner. After Trump sided with Bessent's prime and the 2 men exited the Oval Office, they were said to person exchanged insults and, astatine 1 point, Musk allegedly rammed his enarthrosis into Bessent's ribcage and Bessent deed him back, Bannon said, informing the outlet that the accusation had been shared with him.
White House property caput Karoline Leavitt addressed the study connected this week's "Sunday Morning Futures," telling Fox News' Maria Bartiroimo that the incidental was little melodramatic than galore assumed.
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Elon Musk looks connected during a quality league with US President Donald Trump successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, DC, connected May 30, 2025. (ALLISON ROBBERT/AFP via Getty Images)
"I surely wouldn't picture it arsenic a fistfight. It was decidedly a disagreement," she shared. "Although I was not there, I didn't witnesser it with my ain eyes. I heard astir it done secondhand reporting. But again, we've moved connected from that. The president has moved connected from it, and the full medication is focusing connected passing this [big beautiful] bill."
The erstwhile DOGE cost-cutter is allegedly discontent implicit the president pulling the information of his state and longtime Democratic donor Jared Isaacman to tally NASA, arsenic good arsenic Trump's big, beauteous bill, which does not lick the shortage oregon see subsidies for electrical vehicles.
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Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, during a Bloomberg Television interrogation successful New York, US, connected Friday, May 23, 2025. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg )
The measure caused immoderate contention from Musk and wrong the GOP, with immoderate lawmakers, including Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., unwilling to ballot "yes."
Musk lambasted the measure arsenic a "pork-filled," "disgusting abomination" with a nationalist onslaught connected X past week, writing, "Shame connected those who voted for it: you cognize you did wrong. You cognize it."
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Leavitt cited a erstwhile assertion that "healthy disagreements" person occurred betwixt Trump's furniture members and the erstwhile DOGE leader, adding that the squad was inactive capable to travel unneurotic for the bully of the American radical contempt the friction.
"You saw erstwhile President Trump graciously sent Elon Musk backmost to his companies, Secretary Bessent was determination successful the Oval Office, on with Secretary Lutnick and Stephen Miller. I was there, the main of unit was there, and we were each hoping for the champion for Elon," she said.
The property caput besides sounded disconnected connected a recent tweet from ABC News analogous Terry Moran, who drew ire from the White House connected Sunday aft tweeting a rant against lawman main of unit Stephen Miller and President Trump successful a now-deleted societal media post, successful which helium called them some "world-class" haters.
"This is, again, coming from idiosyncratic who is expected to beryllium an unbiased and nonrecreational journalist. This is unacceptable and unhinged rhetoric coming from idiosyncratic who works astatine a large tv network," Leavitt said.
An ABC spokesperson told Fox News Digital successful a connection that the outlet stands for "objectivity and impartiality successful its quality sum and does not condone subjective idiosyncratic attacks connected others."
"The station does not bespeak the views of ABC News and violated our standards — arsenic a result, Terry Moran has been suspended pending further evaluation," the connection continued.
Fox News' Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.
Taylor Penley is an subordinate exertion with Fox News.
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