Elon Musk and Ben Shapiro had a heated argument at the White House last week.

[Elon Musk and Basant had a heated argument at the White House last week] According to a report by AXIOS citing insiders, Elon Musk, head of the U.S. Efficiency Department (DOGE), and Treasury Secretary Basant had a heated argument last Thursday in the West Wing corridor over IRS personnel appointments. The loud voices drew the attention of President Trump and other officials present. One witness said, "Two billionaires, middle-aged men turned the West Wing hall into a WWE arena." "They didn't get physical in the Oval Office, but the president witnessed the conflict firsthand. The two then continued their argument into the corridor, where they had another heated exchange," one witness stated. Last Thursday, Basant confronted Musk during a meeting at the White House, and a source said that "F-bombs started flying around (curse words everywhere)." Basant criticized Musk for his overly ambitious promises about budget cuts for DOGE that he did not fulfill. Musk retorted, calling Basant "a proxy for Soros," and accused him of running "a failed hedging fund." Reports indicate that the argument escalated to the point where they were even "chest to chest," ultimately ending only when an aide intervened to separate the two.