White House tight-lipped on External Revenue Service on eve of tariff implementation

[riversedge]

Source: msn



Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner • now •


White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to answer questions about how President Donald Trump's yet-to-be-launched External Revenue Service will work, just hours before he's set to enact a wave of tariffs on nearly 90 countries.

In January, Trump signed an executive order directing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to establish the ERS to collect revenue from the president's tariffs and potentially even supplant the Internal Revenue Service.

White House officials, including Leavitt, had previously stated the administration would deliver more details about the ERS when Trump's tariffs went into effect but directed inquiries on the agency to the Department of Commerce when pressed for information Tuesday.

"It's something Secretary Lutnick has taken up, so I defer you to the Department of Commerce," Leavitt said in response to a question on the subject from the Washington Examiner during Tuesday's briefing. "But it's something that he and the President believe quite strongly in, and it's a promise that they intend to keep."

Currently, U.S. Customs and Border Protection handles tariff oversight, including revenue collection and evasion enforcement. Experts warned the Washington Examiner after Trump's "Liberation Day" announcement last week that CBP might not be fully equipped to take on the increase in responsibilities.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to answer questions about how President Donald Trump's yet-to-be-launched External Revenue Service will work, just hours before he's set to enact a wave of tariffs on nearly 90 countries.

In January, Trump signed an executive order directing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to establish the ERS to collect revenue from the president's tariffs and potentially even supplant the Internal Revenue Service.

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[erronis]

1. There's nothing to explain. All tariff incomes and other bribes go directly to a trump-controlled

black hole. No transactions are recorded so no evidence.

I imagine a whole hell of a lot of this will be routed as payback to vladimir the impaler.

Remember things like law and order, emoluments clause, no man is above the law?
How quaint and archaic!

[Initech]

2. They really hate paying taxes, don't they?

Holy crap we're being run by total fucking morons.

[delisen]

10. More corrupt, clever con artists and thieves. . nt

[twodogsbarking]

3. Let's see how they handle this. Is there a G rated word for clusterfuck?

[wolfie001]

4. Whatever the term is, @TikTok will take it down

Anything for the highest 1% of the upper 1%.

[Pas-de-Calais]

5. Flustercuck

[twodogsbarking]

7. Unluckingfelievable.

[ananda]

8. How bout fustercluck.

hehe

[IronLionZion]

6. Because an executive order is all it takes, right?

no need for any regulations or regulators or planning or thought whatsoever. Just make it up as they go like everything else.

Businesses love this kind of uncertainty and daily surprises for their long term investment planning. That's why they're keeping cargo ships out at sea in case it's changed.

Maybe they'll start a Signal group chat to plan this out.

[SunSeeker]

9. All this is unconstitutional and in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act (5 USC §500 et seq).

It's absolutely insanity.