Elon Musk’s shouting match with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent might have been the final nail in the coffin for the tech billionaire’s four-month stint in the White House, but it came after months of bubbling frustration at Musk’s “chain-saw” approach to dismantling the federal government.

Musk and Bessent exploded at each other in April when Musk attempted to force through his pick to lead the IRS—Gary Shapley—behind Bessent’s back. (Musk eventually lost this battle—Shapley lasted less than 72 hours before Bessent tapped Michael Faulkender to replace him.)

“Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you!” a typically mild-mannered Bessent was heard shouting after Musk as they charged down the halls of the West Wing.

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    12 hours ago

    That’s OK though. Libs were owned. Another event that will do nothing to harm the support from Trumps base.

    No amount of death or self-harm matters to magas as long as libs were owned and some brown people were put in their place.

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      11 hours ago

      If Trump pissed his pants on live TV his MAGats would tell you that he’s a genius who invented a self dying cloth.

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      10 hours ago

      I think some of them are starting to wake up to the reality that their economic position will not improve under their god-emperor.

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        8 hours ago

        I dunno, I hope you are right, but every time I see a headline like that it turns out to be a feel-good article based on two random disgruntled twitter posters or something.