Trump floats gutted IRS and moves agents to the border armed with guns

President Donald Trump floated and moved nearly 90,000 IRS agents hired under the Biden administration to the border to patrol the area while armed with guns.

“On day one, I immediately stopped hiring new IRS agents. They hired or tried to hire 88,000 new workers to go after you. And we’re developing a plan to either terminate them all or maybe move we them to the limit.

“Where they’re allowed to carry guns, you know, they’re so strong on guns, but these people are allowed to carry guns, so we’re probably going to move them to the border,” he continued. Certain special IRS agents are authorized to carry firearms as part of their duties, according to IRS Code, 26 US Code § 7608.

Trump joined supporters in Las Vegas over the weekend after touring devastation in North Carolina left by Hurricane Helene in September, as well as California, where he toured Los Angeles and met with local leaders about the wildfires that have ripped through the area this month .

Trump vows to deliver ‘no tax on tips’ campaign promise during Las Vegas speech: ‘100% yours’

President Donald Trump speaks about the economy during an event at the Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher)

While he floats moving the thousands of IRS agents to the border, Trump also proposed ending the income tax everywhere, saying his plans for tariffs could fill the economic gaps.

“How about just no tax,” he said to cheers, chuckling. “You could do it. You know if the rates work as I think, a thing like that could happen if you want to know the truth.”

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“Many years ago, 1870 to 1913, we didn’t have an income tax. We had what we had is tariffs, where foreign countries came in and they stole our jobs, they stole our businesses, they stole our product. They ripped us off From. It—brilliantly came in—with an income tax,” he continued, explaining the Great Depression rocked the United States shortly after he moved away from the customs system in the 1800s and early The 1900s.

Immigrants attempt to pass the razor after crossing the border into El Paso, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Democrats approved $80 billion in funding for the IRS by 2022, including hiring about 87,000 new agents across 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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Trump’s Vegas speech focused on taxes, hearkening back to his campaign rally in June in the state, when he first announced he would eliminate taxes on tips.

President Donald Trump leaves after speaking on the economy during an event at Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher)

“Any worker who depends on tips (as) income, your tips will be 100% yours,” Trump said Saturday in the city, which is run by service workers at flashy hotels and casinos and restaurants.

IRS documents (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Trump also touted that a handful of his campaign promises are already turning into real results, including 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 Saturday. “A lot of crap … you know, these people were petrified by it. I’ll tell you, these companies, they run these big companies, they were petrified by it.”

Fox News Digital’s Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.