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Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent got into a heated argument at the White House after Musk overruled Bessent to convince President Trump to appoint Gary Shapley (former IRS agent and Biden whistleblower) as acting IRS commissioner. Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Bessent, who also oversees the IRS, wanted his deputy, Michael Faulkender, to take over until Trump's nominee, Billy Long, is confirmed by the Senate.

The argument escalated in the West Wing, with witnesses describing loud shouting and profanity. A White House aide even had to intervene.

Musk reportedly accused Scott Bessent of being a “Soros henchman,” referring to Bessent’s ties to the Key Square Group hedge fund after working at Soros Fund Management and to a popular Jewish conspiracy theory that investor George Soros is behind left-wing political movements in the United States.

Scott Bessent has criticized Elon Musk’s cost-cutting efforts as mere rhetoric with no real results.