White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Sunday tried to giggle off Fox Information host Maria Bartiromo’s query about an alleged bodily altercation that reportedly erupted between prime Trump ally-turned-detractor Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Citing a information report from The Washington Put up that now-departed Division of Authorities Effectivity boss Musk body-checked Bessent throughout a blowout over a distinction in opinion on the White Home in April, Bartiromo mentioned: “We’re all making an attempt to determine what occurred right here and the way come this obtained to this degree.”
She then requested Leavitt, “What occurred? Did he body-check the treasury secretary within the White Home?”
Leavitt chuckled and tried to spin the conflict as one of many “wholesome disagreements amongst the Cupboard and Elon Musk” that she claimed solely “actually speaks to the center of this Cupboard and the president’s crew, that they’ll have these strong disagreements after which nonetheless come collectively to do what’s proper for the folks they’re serving.”
Bartiromo pressed later, “What I’m making an attempt to grasp right here is how tough this obtained, as a result of the president mentioned that Elon Musk disrespected the workplace of the president.”
“Now, we all know that there was actual disrespect in lots of these X posts from Elon Musk, for certain. However did he truly get bodily?” she continued. “Was there a fistfight that he body-checked the treasury secretary?”
“I actually wouldn’t describe it as a fistfight, Maria,” Leavitt responded. “It was undoubtedly a disagreement. Though, I used to be not there, I didn’t witness it with my very own eyes. I heard about it by secondhand reporting. However once more, we’ve moved on from that. The president has moved on from it.”