Donald Trump last week officially ousted his handpicked choice to lead the Internal Revenue Service after only two months on the job. On Monday, Rachel Maddow explored the potentially dark reasons that could be behind Billy Long’s sudden departure.

P resident Donald Trump has removed Billy Long, the head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and temporarily replaced him with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, The Associated Press and New York Times reported on Friday. Long announced on social media after the news broke that he will take on a new role as the U.S. ambassador to Iceland.

President Trump is set to remove IRS Commissioner Billy Long, a former GOP congressman confirmed by the Senate earlier this summer, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Long confirmed the move in an X post Friday afternoon, revealing that Trump tapped him to be the ambassador to Iceland.