Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has denied suggestions that he gave Elon Musk a black eye after the pair brawled in the corridors of the White House.

Speaking to Bloomberg, Bessent was coy about whether he and Musk came to blows during their heated argument in April, but added: “I can 100 percent say I did not give him the black eye.”

Bessent and Musk took part in a fiery and expletive-ridden exchange a matter of feet away from President Donald Trump as tensions between the pair boiled over.

Bessent was said to be furious at Musk for going behind his back to push for Trump to name Gary Shapley as acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, a unit of the Treasury Department. Bessent wanted Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender for the job, who went on to replace Shapley

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