Knives Out at Executive Branch Inaugural Dinner

The Trump family's influence peddling operation held an inaugural dinner at the Executive Branch, an exclusive club for the Red Team's uber-rich.  

The first dinner guests came from Trump's cabinet, a bizarre group of lick spittle mostly former corporate chiefs trying to garner their boss' approval (which requires belittling peers, i.e. the competition).  

Non-political invitees were not named in the article as the point of the leak is to show "Executive Branch" has the political goods to sell (as in direct access), as well as palace intrigue.  My question is how many private equity underwriters (PEU) and their new TechGod peers were in attendance, given the Club allows 200 members?  

Of course with any Trump event, there is a fight on tap.  This one occurred between Treasury Chief Scott Bessent and Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Authority.  Politico reported:

The Treasury secretary had heard from several people that the Federal Housing Finance Agency director had been badmouthing him to Trump, a person close to him said. He wasn’t about to engage in chit-chat as if nothing was amiss. 

“Why the fuck are you talking to the president about me? Fuck you,” Bessent told Pulte. “I’m gonna punch you in your fucking face.” 

The scene was described to me by one eyewitness and four other people familiar with what happened. The only fact they disagreed on was whether it was Bessent or Pulte who initiated the conversation. They and others who described the conflict were granted anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation.

If I were the owner of Executive Branch I'd spread this story far and wide.  If I were the head of government ethics I would seek immediate and intensive therapy.

Jerk managers like Trump intentionally pit their underlings against one another.  For one to get ahead, another has to lose.  So the knives were out before any Cabinet member entered the club and saw their place setting.

Bessent had his shock orientation to Trump II, the digital Caligula with his ever changing savage whims.  He chose to stay and deliver his lines, most of which he knows are financial nonsense.  For that Scott got tossed under the Trump orange bus by Bill Pulte who must have multiple tickets to ride that perilous route.

Bessent missed the number one rule.  Never, ever work for a complete and total rectum of a human being.  They will eat you up from the inside out.  Trump is the physical manifestation of the Smile movie monster.  First, he makes you crazy and then he swallows you whole.

Get out Bessent, before you are completely subsumed.  It is not worth it.  Other cabinet members may wish to take the same route.  You all have lasted longer than a CDC director, so you've already won....

Update 9-10-25:  Jesse wrote:

I find it almost amazing how boldly Trump's cabinet members lie to the people. Yes, all politicians lie, but generally it is the exception and not the rule. And there is always an element of 'shame' to it. 

Not anymore. Lying is now a duty to the Commander, even when it doesn't matter, or is counter-productive. 

And the manner in which the mask has fallen away from the madness of governments is stunning, even more so for the lengths to which some will bend their minds and hearts to excuse obvious sadism, dishonesty, injustice, and murder.

Yet another reason to leave the dysfunctional irreality of Trump II, the digital Caligula, preservation of the what little sanity remains.

Update 9-11-25:  South Koreans know what to do when Trump starts to subsume them, 

U.S. President Donald Trump offered to allow hundreds of South Korean workers arrested during an immigration raid to stay in the United States, but only one has opted to remain, South Korean officials said on Thursday.