The Swamp elites are shaking in their boots. They know their time is up.
But now the IRS is shredding documents after the White House made a shocking announcement.
In a major shake-up at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, approximately 6,000 employees are set to be fired, according to a source familiar with the decision. The move, which slashes about 6% of the agency’s workforce, comes right in the middle of tax-filing season, signaling a dramatic shift in the federal government’s approach under President Donald Trump.
The layoffs are part of Trump’s sweeping federal downsizing initiative, which has already targeted bank regulators, environmental officials, and even NASA employees. Leading the charge is tech mogul Elon Musk, Trump’s most prominent campaign donor, who has taken an active role in identifying government bloat.
The cuts at the IRS focus primarily on employees hired during former President Joe Biden’s administration, when Democrats expanded the agency to crack down on wealthy taxpayers.
Under Biden, the IRS grew from 80,000 to about 100,000 employees — a move that independent analysts claimed would boost revenue and help reduce the ballooning national deficit. However, Republicans pushed back, arguing that the expansion would unleash IRS agents on everyday Americans.
The workers being dismissed are still in their probationary periods, meaning they lack the protections enjoyed by long-term federal employees.
Even so, IRS officials have reportedly taken a cautious approach to the downsizing, given that the April 15 tax deadline is just two months away and the agency is processing over 140 million returns this year.
Among those being let go are revenue agents, customer-service representatives, auditors, and IT specialists scattered across all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
However, the agency will keep thousands of probationary employees who are essential to processing returns and assisting taxpayers, according to sources familiar with the restructuring.
The White House has yet to disclose exactly how many of the 2.3 million federal employees it plans to lay off.
However, last week alone, approximately 75,000 workers accepted a buyout offer, suggesting the administration is well on its way toward achieving its workforce reduction goals.
For conservatives, the IRS layoffs represent a long-overdue move to rein in what they see as a bloated and overly politicized federal bureaucracy.
Many also view it as a direct challenge to government agencies that regulate major industries, including Musk’s own companies — SpaceX, Tesla, and Neuralink.
Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been slashing spending elsewhere, too, canceling $8.5 billion in contracts linked to foreign aid, diversity training, and other Left-wing pet projects.
Both Musk and Trump have vowed to cut at least $1 trillion from the federal budget, while preserving entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare.
Democrats, unsurprisingly, are crying foul — accusing Trump of abusing executive power and gutting critical government programs at the expense of middle-class Americans.
But with Washington’s bureaucracy facing its biggest overhaul in decades, Trump and his allies appear determined to carry out their vision of a leaner, less intrusive federal government.
