
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will create an “External Revenue Service" to collect tariffs. His announcement, made in a post on Truth Social, lacked details but appeared to reinforce his pledge to enact sweeping tariffs on imports from other countries.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in the Department of Homeland Security, is currently responsible for collecting tariffs. But Trump's post took aim at the Internal Revenue Service, which he has previously portrayed as hostile to taxpayers.