I'm GLAD we got rid of DEI so we can ONLY have THE BEST!
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Treasury Secretary Comes Unglued: ‘I’m Gonna Punch You in Your F—ing Face’
(talkingpointsmemo.com)
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.
DEI is the old and busted. DUI is the new hotness.
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.
What's the old busted hotness?
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.
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.
I take this as performance art meant for an audience of his boss. The medium is the reporting. We are part of this passion play by reading about it. How exciting!
Indeed, much in the same way donald's performative sadism is looking to vlad and other global shitheels for approval.
You'll recall that Bessent also had a screaming match with Musk.
Someday someone will take the bait and this guy will turn into a blubbering mess after someone punches him in the nose.
Was it his time of the month or are all men in politics this unstable?
They’re just so emotional
We warned everyone that electing men to positions of power would be a disaster, they are just too hysterical, their place is at home, in the kitchen, trying to perfect the crust on a pan-seared ribeye but having drank too much craft beer so they keep messing up and overcooking the meat and blaming the kids and dog before giving up to pass out on the couch while watching History Channel documentaries on nazi mermaids.
watching HIStory Channel "documentaries" and imagining they're nazi mermaids
FTFY
It's the testosterone supplements. As these old men start becoming low energy males and losing their fertility they resort to modern medicine.
They sure love their gender affirming care when they need it
So you're saying they need gender-affirming care?
*hormonal
Maybe it’s perimanopause.
The "r" sounds like a hard "t", IIRC
The Trump administration is going mask off in so many ways that have nothing to do with racism. Though that too.
This is connected to all the formal groveling sessions where Trump's minions or big tech CEOs take turns thanking Trump for existing and for being the incredible awesome masculine big-handed alpha male America needs. And this is banana republic dictator shit, sure. But it's also how billionaires act towards their employees and subordinates.
All of them.
What Donald Trump is doing in public is no different from what Zuck and Musk and Bezos and all their ilk do in private with their lower caste servants and sycophants.
Demand flattery, hold court and let their courtiers line up to praise them, because they don't understand the difference between flattery and respect. Reward obedience and punish disobedience, because they don't know the difference between obedience and loyalty. And wield your power blatantly and without subtlety, suck up to your superiors and bully your inferiors into obedience, because they don't know the difference between strength and authority.
Trump does this shit in public because he doesn't believe Americans care about equality anymore. He thinks Americans want to be led by a powerful alpha male leader who demands public displays of submission and gets them. He thinks America doesn't want a President, first among equals, but a King, who stands above his subjects. And, unfortunately, I don't think he's wrong.
And the King is pleased - pleased - when their subordinates come to literal physical blows over access to the King. Because such men confuse aggression with strength, just as they confuse flattery with respect.
Two of Trump's courtiers were so desperate for his approval that they almost came to blows over it. These are two men so manly that they are willing to physically fight other men who disrespect them - which makes them two alpha males, as conservative minds see it - and these two alpha males respect Trump so much that they're willing to physically fight for Trump's attention.
In the mind of Trump and those like him, this is one of the greatest compliments he can receive.
... This guy isn't beating anyone's ass since he got run out of Whoville
Bessent is also the guy who stopped Ron Wyden's investigation's access to Treasury Dept data on Epstein's wire transfers. He's a core member of the Epstein cover up
It feels very appropriate if the White House starts looking more like a white trash trailer park, complete with drunken fights in the yard.
Needs a broke down Jeep and a pit bull chained to a rusted fridge.
Idiocracy was supposed to be 500 years in the making.
Well, it's been Trump's speedrun.
Near total accuracy. Just missing a commode sitting forlornly to the side.
Well, they are hosting UFC
Idiocracy ain't got shit on this admin
it's tough to quantify the output when you combine utter stupidity and unredeemable hate. logarithmic increases in suffering are illustrating it though.
Drunken fights in the yard have been scheduled.
That's rich coming from a man with one of the world's most punchable faces.
What a clown show.
Co-owner Omeed Malik attempted to intervene...
Didn't they just used to call those donors or lobbyists? It is refreshing that they are just coming out and admitting that these guys are owned by special interests. /s
ha, co-owner of
he Executive Branch, the MAGA-chic private club in D.C.
I would totally ~~pay~~ sail the seas to watch a bunch of Trump administration officials beat the shit out of each other.
Very on-brand for Republicans.
Did he hear the Australian politician say this and wants to steal his schtick?
thats cute boys, up against the wall please
One day the Orange Jackass will die and his Coalition Of Sycophancy will devour each other alive, and I will laugh.
This is courtiers fighting for Royal favour.
Trump doesn't have a government, he has a Court.
Maybe we are lucky and they maime and kill each other.
It almost seems to me that Bessent's "Corporate Look" was created in a lab or by AI.
At first I thought it was a pic of David Rasche from Succession
Lmao