Trump announces new government agency to help with crucial policy plan

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : Trump cited the 25th president of the United States William McKinley's views endorsing tariffs, calling him the 'tariff king' who 'spoke beautifully of tariffs.'
68% : Trump indicated he would create the new agency on his first day as president.
63% : Currently the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) collects tariffs, so any new agency would have to reorganize the current system.
57% : When he was asked about the proposal during an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan, Trump indicated he was serious. '
48% : Trump has proposed a widespread 10 percent tariff on global imports to raise revenue for the United States.
45% : 'I am today announcing that I will create the EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE to collect our Tariffs, Duties, and all Revenue that come from Foreign sources,' Trump wrote on social media.
42% : Trump appears to be making his announcement to emphasize the amount of money the United States can collect from foreign countries on trade.
38% : During the campaign, Trump promised to end all kinds of taxes including taxes on tips, social security benefits, and overtime pay .
36% : If Trump had his way, it is likely he would eliminate income taxes altogether.
29% : Trump has also proposed higher tariffs on Mexico and Canada, if they do not do more to reduce the number of drugs and migrants coming across the border .
27% : For years, Trump has adamantly campaigned on the issue of raising tariffs on foreign goods coming into the United States, even as producers warn him away from sparking a trade war .
18% : Trump argued that the United States government had relied too much on taxing Americans for revenue, specifically pointing to the much-loathed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) efforts to collect more taxes.

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