Donald Trump has revealed what could be the fate of nearly 90,000 newly hired Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees, suggesting he could “move them to the border.”
Hours after winning the presidency, the Republican leader signed an executive order to halt hiring of all federal civilian employees until “his administration can determine that it is in the national interest to do so.”
Aside from the IRS, the decision is temporary for all other federal offices. He also froze funding for the Inflation Reduction Act, better known as the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
President Trump's order has since jeopardized the future of approximately 87,000 new IRS agents hired under the 2022 Act.
According to Forbes, they were intended to “focus on work targeting high-net-worth individuals, complex partnerships, and large corporations that don't pay tax due.”
But speaking today to a crowd of about 2,000 people at the Circa Resort & Casino in downtown Las Vegas, he said they may be “being moved to the border.”
“They've hired 88,000 new workers to come with you, and we're developing a plan to terminate them all or perhaps move them to the border,” the president said to cheers.
“I think we're going to take them to the border where they can carry weapons. You know, they're so strong in weapons. But these people are allowed to carry weapons. So we will probably move them to the border.”
President Donald Trump has revealed what could be the fate of nearly 90,000 newly hired Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees if he halts federal hiring
Hours after handing over the presidency, the Republican leader signed an executive order to halt hiring of all federal civilian employees until “his administration can determine that it is in the national interest to do so.”
In addition to halting new hiring, the new leader also announced the creation of a complementary agency to the IRS that would deal with external taxes and rates.
Like the IRS, the External Revenue Service (ERS) will collect and enforce laws regarding foreign taxes.
It comes after Trump said in November he would impose a 25 percent tariff on Canada and Mexico.
He also wants to impose an additional 10 percent tax on goods from China – on top of other existing tariffs.
“I will immediately begin overhauling our trade system to protect American workers and families,” Trump said during his speech at the Capitol on Monday.
“Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens.”
Trump continued, “For this purpose, we are establishing the External Revenue Service to collect all tariffs, duties and revenues.”
“There will be enormous amounts of money flowing into our coffers – from foreign sources,” he concluded.
“The American dream will soon be back and flourishing like never before.”
Speaking today to a crowd of about 2,000 people at the Circa Resort & Casino in downtown Las Vegas, he suggested they might be “moved to the border.”
The intention was for the new officers to 'focus on work targeting high-net-worth individuals, complex partnerships and large corporations that do not pay tax due'.
In addition to halting new hiring, the new leader also announced the creation of the External Revenue Service (ERS).
The proposed 25 percent tariff would mark a significant escalation in trade tensions and could impact a wide range of industries, from agriculture to automotive.
He also warned world leaders that they could face crippling economic sanctions if they don't start manufacturing in America, in a blistering speech to the World Economic Forum on Jan. 23.
The president said countries “will pay” if they choose not to do business in the United States and touted a return to the “Golden Age” of financial prosperity.
He also offered an incentive of lower taxes and tariffs to countries that choose to relocate more of their businesses while he is in the White House.
In remarks that took the world on notice, he said his message was very simple: “Come make your product in America and we will give you some of the lowest taxes of any country in the world… America, then you will simply have to pay a rate.'
As he rolled out his strategy to boost U.S. manufacturing, he also pushed for Canada to become the 51st state to avoid the crippling economic sanctions he could impose globally.
