President Donald Trump has moved about 90,000 IRS agents hired under the Biden administration to the border, armed with guns and having them patrol the area.
“On day one, I immediately stopped hiring new IRS employees. They hired or tried to hire 88,000 new workers to follow you. And we’re firing them all. I think we’re going to either move them to the border,” Trump said Saturday evening at a rally at the Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. spoke.
“Where they’re allowed to carry guns, you know, they’re very tough on guns, but these people are allowed to carry guns, so they probably move them to the border. “Yes,” he continued. Certain special IRS employees are authorized to carry firearms as part of their duties pursuant to IRS Code, 26 U.S.C. § 7608.
After touring North Carolina’s devastation from Hurricane Helen in September and touring California, President Trump will join supporters in Las Vegas this weekend, tour Los Angeles and speak with local leaders about the wildfires that ravaged the region this month. I had a meeting with
Trump vows to implement ‘no tax on tips’ campaign, promises during Las Vegas speech: ‘100% yours’
President Donald Trump speaks about the economy during an event at Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Saturday, January 25, 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher)
President Trump says his plan for tariffs could fill the fiscal gap, abolishing the income tax entirely while considering moving thousands of IRS agents to the border He also suggested that.
“How about we cut taxes to zero,” he said to cheers with a laugh. “You could do that. If the tariffs work out the way I think they do, I can see that something like that could happen, if you want to know the truth.”
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“Many years ago, from 1870 to 1913, we didn’t have an income tax. All we had was tariffs, and foreign countries came in and stole our jobs and stole our jobs. They stole our companies, they stole our products. They robbed us.” And then, you know, they moved into a tariff system, and 1870 to 1870 was the richest period. . 1930. And we successfully implemented an income tax,” he continued, explaining that the Great Depression rocked the United States shortly after we left the tariff system of the 1800s and early 1900s.
Migrants attempt to cross razor wire after crossing the border into El Paso, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)
Democrats approved $80 billion in funding for the IRS in 2022, including the hiring of about 87,000 new employees over 10 years as part of the Inflation Control Act. President Joe Biden signed the bill into law that year.
A new bill from the Senate would prohibit the IRS from purchasing guns and ammunition with taxpayer funds. Ernst
Trump’s speech in Vegas focused on taxes, recalling his June rally in the state where he first announced he would eliminate taxes on tips.
President Donald Trump leaves after speaking about the economy at an event at Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Saturday, January 25, 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher)
“Any worker who relies on tips [as] If you make money, your tips are 100% yours,” Trump said Saturday in a city run by service workers at fancy hotels, casinos and restaurants.
IRS documents (Luke Charette/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Democrats are hiring a large number of employees at the IRS to squeeze out honest taxpayers for the Green New Deal.
President Trump also announced that some of his campaign promises have already yielded real results, including withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO) and repealing some of the federal government’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices. He emphasized that it is on the rise.
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“We got rid of the woke trash,” President Trump said Saturday. “There was a lot of shit going on… You know, these people were scared of it. I’m telling you, these companies, they run these big companies, they were scared of it. I did.”
Fox News Digital’s Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.
