If there’s ever a bloody cage match between Scott Bessent and Bill Pulte, White House staffers know who they’ll be rooting for.

Last week, Bessent – Trump’s usually mild-mannered Treasury secretary – reportedly threatened to punch Pulte, Trump’s Federal House Finance chief, in his “f–ing face” . Top players in the White House can’t wait for Bessent to get started, On The Money has learned.

Or as one Trump insider put it: “Beat that little midget’s ass.” 4

That’s because Pulte – the 37-year-old former scion of the Pulte single-family homebuilding empire — has gained a reputation inside the West Wing as an annoying, sharp-elbowed publicity hound, sources told On The Money.

Most White House officials, sources tell me, would love nothing more than having Bessent, who is over six fee

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