Scott Bessent Tears into Bill Pulte for Gossping About Him to Trump: ‘I’m Going to F*cking Beat Your Ass!’

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened to “punch” housing finance chief Bill Pulte for badmouthing him to President Donald Trump during a blistering profanity-laced clash witnessed by dozens at a private dinner in Washington.

The confrontation unfolded during cocktail hour at the Executive Branch club in Georgetown where Trump allies gathered for a podcaster’s birthday celebration and the venue’s inaugural dinner, Politico reported.

Instead of a show of unity, the evening was rocked as a simmering feud inside Trump’s economic inner circle exploded in public.

Witnesses said Bessent erupted after hearing Pulte had been gossiping about him directly to Trump. Pulte, who oversees the Federal Housing Finance Agency, reportedly appeared stunned by the outburst.

“Why the f*ck are you talking to the president about me? F*ck you,” Bessent told Pulte, according to witnesses.

“I’m gonna punch you in your f*cking face,” he added.

One witness relayed how financier Omeed Malik intervened to separate the pair before Bessent turned to him: “It’s either me or him. You tell me who’s getting the f*ck out of here. Or we could go outside.”

“To do what?” Pulte asked. “To talk?”

“No,” Bessent reportedly shot back. “I’m going to f*cking beat your ass.”

One eyewitness and four others present relayed the same version of events to Politico’s Rachel Bade, although they couldn’t agree on who initiated the conversation.

Neither Bessent, Pulte, nor the White House would comment on the incident to the outlet.

In May, The Atlantic reported on a similar curse-laden outburst from Bessent, this time aimed at former first buddy Elon Musk, that echoed through the West Wing.