Leavitt performs down Musk ‘fistfight’ experiences: ‘It was definitely a disagreement’ | EUROtoday

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has shut down rumors of a bodily altercation that allegedly passed off between Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Trump’s former political adviser Steve Bannon claims that Musk physique checked Bessent “like a rugby player” throughout an incident within the White House in mid-April. According to Bannon, Bessent hit the tech billionaire again and the pair needed to be damaged up by a number of folks earlier than Musk was taken out of the West Wing.

Fox News presenter Maria Bartiromo quizzed Leavitt in regards to the reported conflict on Sunday. “Did Musk actually get physical? Was there a fistfight that he body checked the treasury secretary?” she requested.

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“I certainly wouldn’t describe it as a fistfight, Maria,” the press secretary replied. “It was definitely a disagreement […] we’ve moved on from it,” stated Leavitt, after sharing that there have been a number of events the place the cupboard and Musk would “get frustrated with one another.”

Both males had been contained in the Oval Office making their instances for who ought to be chosen as Internal Revenue Service commissioner, The Washington Post experiences.

However, issues took a nasty flip when Trump opted for Bessent’s alternative, and the pair started firing off a spherical of insults as they departed the Oval Office.

According to The Post, Bessent teased Musk over his claims that he would uncover over $1 trillion in wasteful authorities spending – a purpose which Musk had not managed.

“Scott said, ‘You’re a fraud. You’re a total fraud,’” Bannon stated in an interview.

Musk, who has been going through allegations of ketamine use throughout his time in Washington, then slammed his shoulder into Bessent’s rib cage earlier than the commerce secretary retaliated, Bannon informed The Post.

“President Trump heard about it and said, ‘This is too much,’” Bannon claimed.

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News of the scuffle broke Sunday following the firestorm between the Tesla billionaire and Trump, who stated he had “no intention” of chatting with Musk following their X spat over the “Big Beautiful Bill” up for debate in Congress.

“I’m too busy doing other things,” Trump informed NBC News on Saturday. “I have no intention of speaking to him.”

“I think it’s a very bad thing, because he’s very disrespectful. You could not disrespect the office of the president,” he added.