Monday, September 08, 2025 9:07:12 AM
Have you seen this posted on POLITICO ??? - 
looks really FAKE NEWS but on Politico ??
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/09/08/im-gonna-punch-you-in-your-f-king-face-00550033
THAT’S ENOUGH TENNIS: Start your day with a proper story, via our Capitol bureau chief Rachael Bade’s unmissable new “Corridors” column. She reports on a near-violent blowup between two of the Trump administration’s highest profile figures at an exclusive dinner event last Wednesday night.
The buzz: “A private dinner attended by dozens of administration officials and close advisers to President Donald Trump was temporarily marred by a dramatic clash between two of Trump’s top economic officials, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at one point threatening to punch top housing finance official Bill Pulte “in the fucking face,” Rachael writes.
Woah: The dinner was at the Executive Branch, the ultra-exclusive, MAGA-friendly club in Georgetown, which charges members up to $500,000 each to join. Among those invited to the dinner at a 30-strong table were Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
It’s unclear exactly how the fight began — but it seems Bessent took exception to reports that Pulte had been badmouthing him to Trump. “Bessent lashed out at Pulte in an expletive-laden diatribe,” Rachel writes. “He wasn’t about to engage in chit-chat as if nothing was amiss.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks in the Oval Office at the White House Sept. 5, 2025.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks in the Oval Office on Sept. 5, 2025. | Francis Chung/POLITICO
Quotes for the ages: “Why the fuck are you talking to the president about me? Fuck you,” Bessent reportedly told Pulte. “I’m gonna punch you in your fucking face.” The conversation continued in the same vein — “We could go outside … I’m going to fucking beat your ass” — until the two men were finally separated. There’s loads more (glorious) detail in the story.
Where do you even start with this one? It hardly screams professional government, does it? Bessent is the secretary of the U.S. Treasury. And this is reportedly the second near-punch-up he’s had with a top administration official this year. (Don’t forget it was Bessent who came out swinging for Elon Musk back in April, too.) As for Pulte — the scourge of Lisa Cook, and others — has a Federal Housing Finance Agency boss ever attracted so much attention?
looks really FAKE NEWS but on Politico ??
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/09/08/im-gonna-punch-you-in-your-f-king-face-00550033
THAT’S ENOUGH TENNIS: Start your day with a proper story, via our Capitol bureau chief Rachael Bade’s unmissable new “Corridors” column. She reports on a near-violent blowup between two of the Trump administration’s highest profile figures at an exclusive dinner event last Wednesday night.
The buzz: “A private dinner attended by dozens of administration officials and close advisers to President Donald Trump was temporarily marred by a dramatic clash between two of Trump’s top economic officials, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at one point threatening to punch top housing finance official Bill Pulte “in the fucking face,” Rachael writes.
Woah: The dinner was at the Executive Branch, the ultra-exclusive, MAGA-friendly club in Georgetown, which charges members up to $500,000 each to join. Among those invited to the dinner at a 30-strong table were Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
It’s unclear exactly how the fight began — but it seems Bessent took exception to reports that Pulte had been badmouthing him to Trump. “Bessent lashed out at Pulte in an expletive-laden diatribe,” Rachel writes. “He wasn’t about to engage in chit-chat as if nothing was amiss.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks in the Oval Office at the White House Sept. 5, 2025.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks in the Oval Office on Sept. 5, 2025. | Francis Chung/POLITICO
Quotes for the ages: “Why the fuck are you talking to the president about me? Fuck you,” Bessent reportedly told Pulte. “I’m gonna punch you in your fucking face.” The conversation continued in the same vein — “We could go outside … I’m going to fucking beat your ass” — until the two men were finally separated. There’s loads more (glorious) detail in the story.
Where do you even start with this one? It hardly screams professional government, does it? Bessent is the secretary of the U.S. Treasury. And this is reportedly the second near-punch-up he’s had with a top administration official this year. (Don’t forget it was Bessent who came out swinging for Elon Musk back in April, too.) As for Pulte — the scourge of Lisa Cook, and others — has a Federal Housing Finance Agency boss ever attracted so much attention?
