The White House did not deny a physical altercation between former DOGE head Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, reported during the weekend by the Washington Post. Speaking to Fox News' Maria Bartiromo in Sunday Morning Futures,

Musk thrust his shoulder into Bessent’s rib cage “like a rugby player,” The Washington Post reported, based on an interview with Trump ally Steve Bannon. Bessent started to hit Musk back, and the fight had to be broken up by several bystanders. The world’s richest man was “shuffled out of the West Wing,” according to the Post.