Trump just sued the IRS for $10 billion for failing to maintain tax confidentiality, but guess who pays for that? The American people
Recently, it became public that United States President Donald Trump had sued the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for failing to protect his tax information for a whopping $10 billion. The incident has caused significant public discourse, with many believing that Trump might succeed in his endeavours due to his political advantages.
Trump suing the IRS for billions of dollars isn’t good news for the American people. Why? Because they will be the ones paying for it. If Trump wins the lawsuit, the settlement funds will be drawn from the United States Department of the Treasury, which is funded by American taxpayer dollars. So, for the people, especially the MAGAs who are cheering over Trump suing these agencies, what exactly are you celebrating? Because you’ll be the ones to pay up.
Besides this, there is another aspect in this case that is worth noting. Trump is already fighting this battle on the upper hand because he is practically asking himself to pay him. What that means is that the people in charge of the departments that will make decisions concerning the issue work under him and are pawns in his hands. I am sure if Trump wants a couple of billion dollars for personal reasons, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Attorney General Pam Bondi wouldn’t refuse, that is, if they want to keep their jobs and heads. They haven’t done it so far, and I am assured that they wouldn’t do that now either.
Why is Trump suing the Internal Revenue Servicefor $10 billion?
It all started in 2020, when a contractual employee named Charles Littlejohn, working with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), leaked taxpayer information about Donald Trump to The New York Times, something he should have revealed to the American people himself. The same showed that Trump had encountered significant losses in his business throughout the years and had paid a minimal amount in taxes, totalling a mere $750 in the year he was elected president (2016) and the year he took office (2017).
Although Trump has maintained a grudge about this issue for many years, he is only now taking action. Interestingly, none of the other individuals whose taxpayer information was leaked during the 2020 incident has chosen to sue the government organisation. This is probably because if they did, they would be fighting against Trump, and they may not want to challenge him. However, Trump suing his own government faction is a different matter altogether, as he can and is likely to win.
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