Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and David Sacks eagerly pursued political influence, and when President Donald Trump took power for the second time, their stars ascended.

Elon Musk allegedly 'body-checked' Treasury Secretary Bessent after a White House meeting, with Karoline Leavitt later describing it as 'definitely a disagreement' and not a fistfight.

The verbal spat turned physical when the world’s richest man thrusted his shoulder into Bessent’s rib cage “like a rugby player” before the treasury chief fought back.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed back on the notion that a fistfight broke out between Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The Washington Post has reported that following a meeting in April,