Elon Musk getting fired? DOGE chief responds to obvious Atlantic report

Could 22, 2025 04:00 AM IST

Elon Musk reportedly acquired into an intense shouting match with Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent within the West Wing of the White Home

Elon Musk reportedly acquired into an intense shouting match with Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent within the West Wing of the White Home final month over the choice of the brand new IRS head. On Wednesday, a profile from The Atlantic detailed the speedy rise and fall of Musk’s affect, which has led to a number of social media customers believing that the tech billionaire could be quickly ousted from his place as the pinnacle of the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE.

Elon Musk reportedly acquired right into a shouting match with a Trump official(Bloomberg)

The Atlantic famous that Bessent yelled at Musk with President Donald Trump listening to their dialog from a closeby room. “F— you! F— you! F— you!” Bessent reportedly shouted at Musk. The Tesla CEO additionally misplaced his calm and accused the Treasury head of working two failed hedge funds.

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“I can’t hear you,” Musk stated. “Say it louder.”

The fiery shouting match was first reported by Axios in April. A witness advised the media outlet that two ‘middle-aged males thought it was WWE within the corridor of the West Wing’.

“The ability wrestle has develop into an emblem of Musk’s incapability to construct help for his method,” the Atlantic famous. The shouting match reportedly stemmed from Bessent being livid that Elon Musk had ‘gone behind his again’ to push for Gary Shapley to be named appearing commissioner of the IRS. Bessent needed Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender for the job.

Musk responded to the report with an emoji.

The hypothesis about Musk’s firing comes because the senior adviser is much behind his authentic purpose to slash $2 trillion from federal spending by way of DOGE. Based on the DOGE web site, the determine stands at round $170 billion. The division has already triggered chaos by letting go a number of federal employees and shutting down key funding chains.

Musk is at present a ‘particular authorities worker’, a title that requires him to step down after 130 days. Rushab Sanghvi, common counsel for the American Federation of Authorities Workers, advised Atlantic that he has been ‘kicked out of city’ already.

“If he had stayed within the shadows and accomplished his stuff, who is aware of how dangerous it will have been? However nobody likes the man.”