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Trump to remove Billy Long as IRS commissioner, Bessent named acting head, NYT reports
Source: Reuters
Aug 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is removing Billy Long as the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing four people familiar with the matter.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will serve as acting commissioner until a permanent replacement is in place, the newspaper said, citing a senior administration official.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-remove-billy-long-irs-commissioner-bessent-named-acting-head-nyt-reports-2025-08-08/
This is the entire article at this moment, telling of the Apprentice reboot no one asked for.

hildegaard28
(729 posts)Are removed from power, we need to draft laws that say that one person can hold no more than one appointment at a time.
mahatmakanejeeves
(66,375 posts)He hasn't even been on the job three weeks.
Billy Long sworn in as IRS commissioner, taking over an agency he once sought to close
BY MELISSA GOLDIN
Updated 5:40 PM EDT, July 18, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP)
Former Missouri congressman Billy Long was ceremonially sworn in as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service on Friday in the Oval Office, taking over a beleaguered agency that he once sought to abolish and that has since been beset with steep staffing cuts and leadership turnover.
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obamanut2012
(28,714 posts)Maraya1969
(23,333 posts)one of the dumbest people I have ever heard
Prairie Gates
(5,946 posts)Two months ago! Eight fucking weeks.
And here's the usual: "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will serve as acting commissioner until a permanent replacement is in place, a senior administration official said."
I think we've all worked in places like this, where fickle admin changes their mind on a dime, and then there end up being people with 10 jobs in their so-called "portfolios."
What a mess.
Ocelot II
(126,689 posts)FakeNoose
(38,326 posts)That's why these announcements are made late on a Friday afternoon in August.
There's nobody in Washington DC who can answer a question. The place is deserted.
Retrograde
(11,252 posts)Do they also get multiple salaries? Multiple benefits? Or does Donnie think he can pocket the savings, er, use them to build his ballroom?
My new motto: Get the Fox Out!
SouthBayDem
(32,883 posts)from the lazy fair types running this admin
Marie Marie
(10,472 posts)That pool is getting smaller by the day.
Prairie Gates
(5,946 posts)The mystery is that Billy Long was as servile a Trumpy cretin as could be found in all the land, and would immediately jump to follow any directive from King Trump as soon as it dribbled out of his thin lips. So how does he get the shitcan? The fact that they're talking about an ambassador position for him is probably a clue: he was always meant to be replaced by Bessent, but just probably after six months or so, not two months, which is the head scratcher. Something's up with Bessent, seems to me.
GusBob
(7,946 posts)Puts on tin foil hat
muriel_volestrangler
(104,408 posts)That could be a sop to keep him quiet, it could be somewhere unimportant but bad to live in to get him to turn it down. Haven't found any reason for this yet - did Long say something sensible?
Ocelot II
(126,689 posts)Iceland is a nice country, very safe, population about 300,000. Ambassador isn't a bad gig, probably not much work, but winters there are kind of tough.
doc03
(38,287 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,287 posts)We have a declining economy, rising inflation, rising unemployment? See how good all that sounds if I say it while smiling.
mdbl
(7,205 posts)
Too bad he's not performing services for his country.
MissouriDem47
(260 posts)Long was the Missouri 7th District Congressman for 10 years. He was never qualified to run the IRS. Yet, Republican's still confirmed his appointment anyway. He is another one of those great TACO hires.