How Elon Musk Fight Erupted Over Failed $1 Trillion Promise

Key Points Summary โ€“ Elon Musk Fight

  • Elon Musk fight erupted in the West Wing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
  • Musk allegedly shoved Bessent after being grilled on failing $1T savings target
  • White House Press Secretary confirmed a physical confrontation occurred
  • Trump sided with Bessent, ending Muskโ€™s access to China briefings
  • Muskโ€™s DOGE leadership widely criticized as chaotic and ineffective
  • Fallout tied to rising GOP anger over Trumpโ€™s โ€˜Big Beautiful Billโ€™
  • Bannon warns of financial crisis if spending chaos isnโ€™t addressed

Clash In The West Wing

Tensions exploded in the West Wing. Elon Musk, the tech mogul turned Trump advisor, allegedly shoved Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a fiery confrontation over missing billions in promised cuts.

Steve Bannon, Trumpโ€™s former chief strategist, dropped the bombshell. Speaking to DailyMail.com, he revealed Musk snapped when Bessent pressed him about the $1 trillion savings Musk had pledged. However, only $100 billion materializedโ€”and no one could trace it.

Musk, cornered and irate, allegedly pushed Bessent. โ€œIt wasnโ€™t an argument. It was physical,โ€ Bannon said. โ€œElon got sore. He shoved him.โ€

Trump Turns On Musk

The altercation, which reportedly spilled from the Oval Office to the halls outside Chief of Staff Susie Wilesโ€™ office, quickly escalated. As a result, President Trump witnessed the fallout and chose sides.

โ€œTrump 100 percent backed Bessent,โ€ Bannon stated. โ€œBessentโ€™s got a job to do. He did it.โ€

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the blowup. She added, โ€œDisagreements are a part of healthy policyโ€”but everyone knows they serve at the pleasure of President Trump.โ€

Musk Isolated After Public Outburst

Muskโ€™s time at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was supposed to last five months. Nevertheless, as he broke ranks and trashed Trumpโ€™s spending bill in public, the writing was on the wall.

Insiders claim Muskโ€™s public criticism of the โ€œBig Beautiful Billโ€ infuriated Trump allies. Because of this, they felt betrayed after defending Muskโ€™s unorthodox strategies for months.

Losing Trust, Losing Power

Muskโ€™s influence collapsed fast. Consequently, Trump shut down Muskโ€™s access to top-secret military briefings on China, citing security concerns after leaks surfaced in March.

โ€œThatโ€™s when everything changed,โ€ Bannon said. โ€œTrump backed his cabinet. Elon realized he was done.โ€

Bannon claimed Muskโ€™s erratic leadership and drug rumors deepened the rift. A New York Times exposรฉ had already painted Musk as unstable, alleging he was using ketamine, ecstasy, and psychedelics.

DOGE Blamed For Budget Chaos

With Musk out, Republicans were left exposed. Previously, the House GOP had counted on Musk to find waste and fraud to offset Trumpโ€™s massive spending increases.

Instead, he delivered confusion and conflict. Moreover, Bannon didnโ€™t hold back: โ€œThe political class on Capitol Hill got behind a pied piper and wasted five months.โ€

Speaker Mike Johnson, once a Musk cheerleader, distanced himself. โ€œThey didnโ€™t invite him to Capitol Hill anymore. He became politically radioactive,โ€ Bannon added.

Public Embarrassment Piles Up

The final nail? Trumpโ€™s State of the Union address. He cited millions of fraudulent Social Security payments to centenariansโ€”a scandal Musk claimed to have uncovered. But investigators found it was just a clerical error. No fraud. No missing funds.

โ€œNot one penny was ever proven stolen,โ€ Bannon scoffed. โ€œIs anyone calling Elon now? No.โ€

Muskโ€™s Meltdown Shakes Markets

Now out of the White House, Muskโ€™s absence is stirring fears on Wall Street. Furthermore, as Bannon warned of a looming financial storm, nerves rattled across bond markets.

โ€œThis is a crisis,โ€ he said. โ€œIf we donโ€™t get a handle on it, weโ€™ll have a Liz Truss moment.โ€

Bannon clarified he didnโ€™t mean Trump would fall like the former UK PM. Nonetheless, the markets might crash just as hard if Muskโ€™s damage isnโ€™t cleaned up.

โ€œWhereโ€™s the fraud? The Pentagon is a cesspool of waste,โ€ Bannon said. โ€œWhere are the referrals? Where are the cuts?โ€


Elon Muskโ€™s fight in the White House may be overโ€”but the scars are permanent. Meanwhile, as Trump scrambles to pass his domestic bill and tame budget chaos, the fallout from Muskโ€™s short-lived reign is still unfolding.

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