The world’s wealthiest man and the man tasked with keeping the world’s strongest economy on the rails amid President Donald Trump’s trade war got into what observers described as a professional wrestling-style shouting match over who would be placed in charge of the Internal Revenue Service last week.
According to Axios, the heated argument between Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent happened after Musk made an end-run around the Treasury boss to have Trump install a former IRS agent who leaked details about former president Joe Biden’s son’s taxes atop the tax collecting agency as a temporary commissioner until Trump’s pick to lead it is confirmed by the Senate.
