Trump-Musk feud live updates: White House plays down ‘fistfight’ claim after ‘big-time drug addict’ slur emerges|D

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed back on the notion that a fistfight broke out between Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

The Washington Post has reported that following a meeting in April, Bessent and Musk began trading insults, after which Musk pushed his shoulder into Bessent “like a rugby player,” former White House strategist Steve Bannon told the paper. Bessent reportedly struck back before colleagues stepped in to break up the scuffle.

“Did Musk actually get physical? Was there a fistfight that he body checked the treasury secretary?” host Maria Bartiromo asked on Sunday.

“I certainly wouldn’t describe it as a fistfight, Maria. It was definitely a disagreement… we’ve moved on from it,” said Leavitt.

This comes as President Donald Trump has said that he has “no intention” of speaking to Musk following their public blowup over the Republican spending package up for debate in Congress.

“I’m too busy doing other things,” Trump told 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.