President Trump has dropped yet another political haymaker, and this one might just send the IRS into early retirement. On Tuesday, he fired up reporters and working Americans alike by predicting that we could soon wave goodbye to income taxes altogether. Yes, you heard that right. No income taxes. For the average American who’s been bleeding a third of their paycheck into Uncle Sam’s bottomless pit, this idea sounds a little like Christmas morning, your birthday, and the Fourth of July all rolled into one.
Now, cue the usual eye-roll from the beltway class and the pearl-clutching from legacy media. They’ve already started whispering the words “overpromising” and “populist fantasy” into their echo chambers. But let’s get one thing straight—this isn’t the first time Trump has tossed out an idea that sounded wild to the ruling elite and turned out to be a grand slam with the voters. Remember the border wall? The trade reset? Energy independence? Yeah. They mocked it until it happened.
Trump’s boldness here is classic. He’s not saying “let’s lower taxes a little more,” or “maybe we’ll fiddle with the brackets.” No, he’s going full throttle, predicting a future where Americans “won’t even have income tax to pay.” Period. And then, in true Trump fashion, he floated the idea of maybe keeping it “around for fun.” Please, let’s not. Nobody needs the IRS as a nostalgia piece.
Of course, the skeptics are already lining up like it’s open mic night at a D.C. think tank. But there are serious people taking this seriously. Joseph Lavorgna, economic counselor to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, practically wrote a love letter to the plan. He says Trump is “making life affordable again,” pointing to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—yes, that’s really what they’re calling it. You can almost hear the progressive heads exploding.
According to Lavorgna, this bill will deliver “higher take-home pay,” tax incentives, and a “disinflationary boom.” In plain English? More money in your pocket, less inflation eating your grocery bill, and incentives for the private sector to stop sitting on its hands. Imagine that. Prosperity for Main Street and Wall Street? What a concept.
Then there’s Bessent himself, predicting increased refunds and wage growth, and championing Trump’s brainchild—the External Revenue Service. Yes, the ERS. Unlike the IRS, which bleeds you dry before breakfast, the ERS would focus on taxing foreign countries through tariffs, duties, and fees. Translation: Instead of punishing American success, we’ll start charging others for access to our massive, lucrative market. It’s almost like Trump wants the government to work for Americans, not against them. Wild.
To be clear, this is all part of Trump’s larger effort to pivot the U.S. tax base from income taxes to alternative revenue streams—namely, tariffs. Predictably, the free trade purists are foaming at the mouth. “Tariffs are taxes!” they cry, clutching their Ayn Rand paperbacks. Sure, tariffs are taxes. But here’s the kicker: they’re not taxes on you. They’re taxes on foreign companies that want to sell into the most powerful consumer market in the world. And newsflash: they’ll pay.
It’s not like this is a new idea either. Back in January, Trump reminded us that the U.S. used to be tariff-funded for over a century. And during that time? We became the richest, most powerful nation on Earth. So maybe—just maybe—there’s something to that old playbook.
Now, Fox News has already called this Trump’s “most explicit endorsement yet of eliminating income taxes,” and they’re not wrong. If pulled off, it would be the most dramatic shift in U.S. tax policy in over 100 years. But to quote Trump himself, “It takes an ambitious man to make such sweeping changes to the benefit of the American people.”
BREAKING: President Trump just announced he expects the income tax to be ABOLISHED soon.
This would be the single greatest economic move in American history. Imagine taking home 100% of your paycheck?
The economy would explode overnight. 🚀 pic.twitter.com/aJYqvkUNQy
— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) December 2, 2025
Ambitious? Absolutely. Impossible? Not with the right man in the Oval Office. The American people are tired of footing the bill while other nations get a free ride and federal agencies waste money like it grows on trees (which, to be fair, the Fed seems to think it does). So while the experts snipe and the pundits sneer, real Americans are tuning in and asking: What if he actually pulls it off?
And deep down, the establishment knows—he just might.
