Elon Musk was "like a rugby player" when he physically attacked a Trump cabinet member outside of the Oval Office, according to a Trump insider.
There have been numerous reports about a White House brawl between CEO Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. On Saturday morning, however, the Washington Post came out with perhaps the most descriptive version of events.
The story included a detail about Trump accusing Musk of being a "big-time drug addict."
But the report also had details about fights involving Musk.
"Not long after, Musk’s tension with Trump’s trade team devolved into blows, in an altercation with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, said Stephen K. Bannon, the influential right-wing podcaster and longtime political adviser to Donald Trump," according to the weekend report. "In mid-April, Musk and Bessent had gone into the Oval Office to make their respective cases about their preferences for acting IRS commissioner. Trump decided to support Bessent’s choice. That disagreement was first reported by the New York Times."
It continues:
"After Bessent and Musk exited the Oval Office and began walking down the hallway, the two men started to exchange insults, Bannon said he was told, adding that Bessent brought up Musk’s claims that he would uncover more than $1 trillion in wasteful and fraudulent government spending, which Musk had not succeeded at doing."
Bannon told the outlet in an interview, "Scott said, ‘You’re a fraud. You’re a total fraud.'"
"Musk then rammed his shoulder into Bessent’s rib cage 'like a rugby player,' Bannon said, and Bessent hit him back," according to the report. "Multiple people stepped in to break up the scrum as the two men reached the national security adviser’s office, and Musk was shuffled out of the West Wing."
“President Trump heard about it and said, ‘This is too much,’” Bannon said, according to the Post.