Elon Musk had the government in his grasp. Then it unraveled.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Elon Musk had tried to go over the head of a Cabinet secretary - again.

The billionaire leader of the U.S. DOGE Service helped install Gary Shapley, a mid-level IRS official, as the agency’s acting commissioner last week. But the Internal Revenue Service falls under the purview of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who had repeatedly bristled at DOGE’s attempts to intervene at his agency.

This time, the resulting tensions spilled out in a yelling match in the West Wing, where Musk and the nation’s top financial official battled within earshot of President Donald Trump, said two people familiar with the heated confrontation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the sensitive situation. Bessent won, and Shapley was replaced after just three days as the IRS’s acting head. Musk unfollowed Bessent on X, his social media platform.

Asked about the clash, which was first reported by Axios, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt referred to a statement she issued last week.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-had-government-grasp-000752204.html

[tanyev]

1. Ooh, Musk unfollowed Bessent on X.

Devastating.