President Donald Trump It was mooted at moving the nearly 90,000 IRS agents hired under the Biden administration to the border to patrol the area while armed with rifles.
“On day one, I immediately stopped hiring any new IRS agents. They have hired, or attempted to hire, 88,000 new workers for your notice. We are developing a plan to terminate all of them or perhaps we will move them to the border.
“Where they are allowed to carry weapons, you know, they are very strong on weapons, but these people are allowed to carry weapons, so we will probably move it to the border,” he continued. Some IRS special agents are permitted to carry firearms as part of their duties, according to the IRS Code, 26 U.S. Code § 7608.
Trump Join the supporters in Las Vegas This weekend after touring the devastation in North Carolina left behind by Hurricane Helen in September, as well as California, he toured Los Angeles and met with local leaders about the wildfires that raged in the region this month.
Trump pledges to deliver on ‘No Tax on Tips’ campaign promise during Las Vegas speech: ‘100% yours’
President Donald Trump talks about the economy during an event at Syrah Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Saturday, January 25, 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher)
While moving thousands of IRS agents to the border, Trump also proposed ending the income tax across the board, saying his plans on tariffs could fill fiscal gaps.
“How about no tax,” he said to cheers, while laughing. “You can do it. You know if the definitions work as I think, something like that could happen, if you want to know the truth.”
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“Years ago, from 1870 to 1913, we didn’t have an income tax. We had, what we had was a tariff, where foreign countries came in and they stole our jobs, they stole our companies, they stole our products. They ripped us out. To the tariff, the tariff system. The tariff system will make a lot of money. “When we were richest was from 1870 to 1930. Then we got in with — brilliantly — with the income tax,” he continued, explaining the Great Depression shook the United States shortly after it moved away from the tariff system of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Migrants try to pass over razor wire after crossing the border into El Paso, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)
Democrats in 2022 approved $80 billion in funding for the IRS, including the hiring of about 87,000 new agents over a 10-year period as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. President Joe Biden signed the legislation into law that year.
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Vegas Trump Focus on taxesreturned to his June campaign rally in the state when he first announced he would eliminate taxes on tips.
President Donald Trump leaves after speaking about the economy during an event at the Syrah Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Saturday, January 25, 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher)
“Any worker relies on tips [as] In the city where service workers run hotels, casinos and restaurants, income, your tips will be 100% yours, Trump said Saturday.
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Trump also described a handful of his campaign promises Already unfolding into real resultsincluding withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO) and dismantling some federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices.
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“We got rid of the woke crap,” Trump said on Saturday. “A lot of the bullshit…you know, these people were mystified by it. I’ll tell you, these companies, they run these big companies, they were mystified by it.”
Fox News Digitizer’s Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.
