He’s still workshopping the name. He might call it “customs and border protection” or something
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Just in case anyone is not clear on this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection
Though its commonly thought of as only 'Border Patrol', the CBP manages import tariffs, documentation, all the paperwork on that stuff.
They have done this since 2003 when Homeland Security was established, and the US Customs Service, Border Patrol, and Immigration and Naturalization Service were basically merged, and put under Homeland Security.
Trump is again proposing the establishment of an agency to do a thing for which there is already an agency that does that thing.
The first being DOGE, which basically just does what GAO, the Government Accountability Office does. Except that they use actually qualified, non partisan workers to analyze budget and policy impacts... whereas DOGE is apparently going to be unpaid, highly political volunteers, hand picked by Vivek and Elon to work 80 hours a week for nothing.
It’s the same business mentality as ever.
Make an alternative
Show it works
Lure the masses shift to alternative
Destroy the original
‘Enshittify’ the alternative
Profit
You call it the External Revenue Service despite the fact that American consumers are obviously going to pay for it?
Stupid people are really going to love this idea.
Is this not what US Customs already does?
Yes.
I think he will scam this tariff money through this so called "external revenue service" run by his cronies that will also get a cut. Billions will get funneled to his offshore bank account. Sadly press is all in his pockets so we'll never know. The whole thing sounds like a giant scam.
WORDS MEAN THINGS!
Lol and that specially collected money goes straight into his and his cronies pockets, right? Its fascinating how obvious and blatant his schemes are, and nobody bats an eye.
Well yeah, it’s going to be a separate for-profit company who charges a fee for services. ;)
Gotta pay that subscription!!
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