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“Maybe he was tired of hearing me talk about taxes — I don’t blame him!” said the 35-year-old, who had been reporting from the IRS before showing up for the April 15 appointment.

Trump did make a show of having his name printed on the first round of checks issued in mid-2020, marking the first time a president’s name had appeared on an IRS disbursement.

Former IRS employees blame cuts by billionaire Elon Musk and Republicans for the decline in revenue, which stands to expand the federal deficit ahead of a debt ceiling deadline this summer.

The IRS, for example, has agreed to share the taxpayer information of immigrants with the Department of Homeland Security.

That’s how you get the mass dismissal of IRS workers, which will cost the government $500 billion in revenue, presented as an example of conservative efficiency.