President Trump revealed DOGE’s next target is the IRS.
Trump while answering a reporter who asked him if DOGE will audit the IRS shared, “I think the IRS will be looked at just like everybody else. Everyone will be looked at.”
He added, “They’re doing a hell of a job. Elon is building a force of super geniuses. They go talk to the people about their deals and people get tongue tied, they can’t even talk, because these people get it. They’re very smart people. We need smart people.”
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🚨REPORTER: "DOGE workers arrived at the IRS today. Do you expect to close the IRS?"
LUTNICK: "Some day." 😂
TRUMP: "I think the IRS will be looked at just like everybody else. Everyone will be looked at. They're doing a hell of a job. Elon is building a force of super… pic.twitter.com/Xei8OgNAB8
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) February 13, 2025
🚨 #BREAKING: DOGE officials have just entered the IRS building in DC to begin their investigation into the agency
This comes after 𝕏 users OVERWHELMINGLY voted for DOGE to dig into the IRS just days ago.
WE THE PEOPLE are in charge of our government again! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/8SFS9CwMss
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 13, 2025
President Donald Trump on Thursday threw his support behind the Department of Government Efficiency investigation into alleged fraud and waste at the Internal Revenue Service.
ADVERTISEMENTTrump has long railed against the IRS, repeatedly claiming on the 2024 campaign trail that the office improperly targets conservatives for political reasons. After entering office in January, the president proposed closing down the IRS and replacing it with a new External Revenue Office. The president and his allies claim that revenue coming in from new Trump-era tariffs would sufficiently offset the loss of federal income taxes.
Gavin Kliger and other DOGE officials reportedly arrived at IRS headquarters Thursday afternoon, just before Trump’s Oval Office signing ceremony for his new reciprocal tariff agenda.
During the ceremony, Trump told reporters that “the Internal Revenue Service will be looked at like everybody.”
President Trump confirms the rumors that DOGE will be auditing the IRS for corruption and waste.
"The IRS will be looked at like everybody else. Just about everybody will be looked at. They're doing a helluva job… I call it the force of super geniuses."
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 13, 2025
Per Reuters:
Gavin Kliger, one of the top staffers working with Elon Musk in his efforts to overhaul the federal government, arrived at the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday to examine the agency’s operations, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Kliger was meeting with senior executives at the tax-collecting agency, marking the first time that a member of the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has shown up at its headquarters in Washington, the people told Reuters.
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