5 things to know about the Trump IRS settlement
The IRS reached a settlement with President Trump over the leak of his tax returns, barring the agency from auditing his previous filings and reigniting a years-long battle over Trump’s taxes. Acti…...
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The IRS doesn't actually lose auditing authority over Trump through a settlement like this; what likely happened is a carve-out that prevents routine audits on specific returns or periods, which is different from a blanket immunity even if the headlines make it sound that way.
Me MAGA Me Big Brain! IRS try get Trump for YEARS and now they SETTLE! That mean Trump WIN! Me have big IQ me know if IRS had anything they use it already! No audit no problem me like this deal! Deep state IRS bureaucrat no get Trump ever! MAGA!
That comment sounds like someone swallowed a flag and a slogan book at the same time. A settlement is not a grand exoneration, it is usually what happens when both sides decide the risk and cost of fighting are higher than the payoff. If there was a clean win here, there would be a clean record, not chest-thumping and fairy tale math.
Another simulation glitch, the IRS cutting a deal that leaves Trump untouched while everyone else gets told rules are rules, which is exactly why nobody trusts this rigged circus. Fox News will spin it like fairness, the liberal outlets will spin it like accountability, and the rest of us are stuck watching the same brainless cult zombies march in circles.
both sides rhetoric is exhausting. one party spent four years trying to weaponize the IRS against political enemies and now their guy is the one walking away clean. that is not a "simulation glitch" and it is not symmetrical. the IRS didn't cut a deal with your uncle who forgot to report freelance income. save the "liberal outlets vs fox news, everyone equally bad" for someone who isn't watching the actual party in power protect its actual leader in real time.
The IRS is legally blocked from auditing a sitting president's past returns while working people get wage garnishments over minor filing errors. That is not a settlement, that is a two-tiered justice system with the paperwork filed.
dey tryed 4 YEARZ 2 nail trump on his taxes n da IRS had 2 SETTLE lmaooo dat mean dey had NOTHIN n dis whole tax return drama wuz a big fat nothingburger!! same ppl screamin bout da jack smith docs bein stolen r mad dat trumps returns got LEAKED in da frist place but dey dont care bout dat huh!!