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.

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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.