"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."
"Wright: The hype is climate alarmism, and it's a hundred percent. Calling climate change a crisis is just to say, I'm not going to look at the science. I'm not going to look at the economics. I'm just going to run with the politics. Or, you can look at the people in Tuvalu as their country becomes a lagoon."
"Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military."
Senior officials exhibited confrontational and profane behavior in public settings, including threats of physical violence. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte with expletives and an explicit threat after learning Pulte had allegedly criticized him to the president. Energy Secretary Chris Wright labeled climate alarmism 'a hundred percent,' dismissed the crisis designation, questioned scientific and economic bases, and invoked Tuvalu as an example of climate impact while criticizing renewables and energy storage reliability. Vice President JD Vance defended using U.S. military force to kill cartel members involved in drug trafficking.
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