Musk and Besant had a heated argument at the White House last week

ChainCatcher news, citing sources from AXIOS, reported that last Thursday, Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and Treasury Secretary Basent had a heated argument in the West Wing corridor of the White House over IRS personnel appointments, so loud that it caught the attention of President Trump and other officials present.

An eyewitness said, "Two billionaires, middle-aged men turned the West Wing hall into a WWE wrestling ring." "They didn't come to blows in the Oval Office, but the President witnessed the conflict firsthand. The two continued their argument into the corridor, where it erupted again," one witness stated. Last Thursday, Basent confronted Musk at a meeting in the White House, and a source said that "F-bombs started flying." Basent criticized Musk for overpromising on budget cuts for DOGE but not delivering. Musk shot back, calling Basent "Soros's agent" and accusing him of running "a failed hedge fund."

Reports indicate that the argument became so intense that at one point they were "chest to chest," ultimately ending when an assistant intervened to separate the two.