On April 24th, according to AXIOS citing informed sources, Musk, the head of the Government Efficiency Department (DOGE), and Treasury Secretary Besent had a fierce argument in the West Wing corridor of the White House last Thursday over IRS personnel appointments, with such loud voices that President Trump and other officials looked on in surprise.
An eyewitness said, "Two middle-aged billionaires turned the White House West Wing hall into an American professional wrestling (WWE) arena." "They didn't fight in the Oval Office, but the president witnessed the conflict. Then they continued their dispute in the corridor, breaking out into another heated argument," one eyewitness stated. Last Thursday, Besent and Musk confronted each other in a White House meeting, and a source said that subsequently "F-word bombs started flying everywhere (profanities were rampant)." Besent criticized Musk for overpromising budget cuts for DOGE without fulfilling them. Musk retorted, calling Besent a "Soros agent" and accusing him of running "a failed hedge fund".
Reports suggest that their argument was so intense that they were once "chest to chest" and only ended when an assistant intervened to separate them.
