Xinhua News Agency, Washington, April 23. According to the US current affairs news website Axios on the 23rd, American entrepreneur Elon Musk and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent had a quarrel at the White House on the 17th, and the quarrel was very fierce.

  The report quoted witnesses and sources as saying that at a meeting at the White House on the 17th, Becent and Musk quarreled face to face. Becente criticized Musk for "excessive commitments to the government's efficiency ministry's budget cuts, but failed to fulfill them." Musk retorted, calling Becente "Soros' agent" and running "a failed hedge fund." Before becoming the U.S. Treasury Secretary, Becent served as chief investment officer of Soros Fund Management.

  According to sources who heard the quarrel at the time, Becent once cursed Musk with swear words, and Musk retorted, "Hit louder." The two quarrel so fiercely that an assistant had to separate them. One witness said the scene was “spectacular” and “very loud” and that the visiting Italian Prime Minister Meloni heard it.

  Musk and Becent reportedly disagree with the candidate for the acting director of the IRS. Trump has appointed Gary Shapley, a former IRS official recommended by Musk, as acting IRS chief, but Becente hopes Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Fulkend to take the position. On the 18th, the day after the two quarreled, Falkend replaced Shapley in charge of the IRS.

  Asked about the argument, White House press secretary Levitt said: “Differences are a normal part of any healthy decision-making process.”

[Editor in charge: Cheng Lan]