Leavitt acknowledged to Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” that she wasn’t in the room when the April dust-up took place but contended she wouldn’t call it a “fistfight” based on what she heard second-hand about the scrum — which supposedly included Musk ramming into Bessent’s rib cage “like a rugby player.” “There were times in which they got frustrated with one another, but I think that really speaks to the heart of this Cabinet and the president’s team, that they can have these robust disagreements and then still come together to do what’s right for the people they are serving. Bannon, a former top strategist for Trump who hosts the “War Room” podcast, has publicly called for Musk, a South African native, to be deported and for the president to invoke the Defense Production Act to seize control of his SpaceX company in retaliation for his public broadsides against the president.
Author: Ryan King
Published at: 2025-06-08 20:41:14
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