These People Deserve Each Other

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent got into a heated confrontation with Federal Housing Finance Agency chief Bill Pulte last week at the Executive Branch, the MAGA-chic private club in D.C., Politico reports.

Bessent accused Pulte, the MAGA influencer ginning up mortgage fraud claims against Trump foes, of bad-mouthing him to Trump, leading to this diatribe from the sitting Treasury secretary: “Why the fuck are you talking to the president about me? Fuck you. I’m gonna punch you in your fucking face.”

Co-owner Omeed Malik attempted to intervene in the confrontation, prompting this memorable exchange:

“It’s either me or him,” Bessent said to Malik. “You tell me who’s getting the fuck out of here.”

“Or,” he added, “we could go outside.”

“To do what?” asked Pulte. “To talk?”

“No,” Bessent replied. “I’m going to fucking beat your ass.”

Even Trump-world insiders described the scene to Politico as “bonkers” and “unhinged.”

No need to mention this is conduct wholly unbecoming to a person of his stature.

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        Some cops really should pull over and ticket them all when they leave, if they are not under the influence and are acting like that it’s truly unhinged.

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          Sir, the reason I’ve stopped you is for operating a government while under the influence of a trump. Do you have any idea of how much asslicking you were doing ?

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          Your mom? sorry

          But seriously, these backbirths are bringing flaky psycho back so hard, Goodwill’s gonna have to put up a Scabby Chic section.

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      They axed DEI because it prevented these fuckboys from weaseling their way into jobs they had no qualifications for. Now they have free rein to continue on with their boys club.