Trump, EJ Antoni and Bureau of Labor Statistics
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( NewsNation) — President Donald Trump has chosen E.J. Antoni to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a longtime critic of the agency who has already hinted at fundamental changes that could come to the monthly job reports. Trump announced his new choice with high expectations on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump nominated Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics. His nomination comes shortly after Trump fired former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer,
President Donald Trump’s pick to oversee the Bureau of Labor Statistics was hanging around the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, footage shows, prompting a panicked scramble from the White House to paint him as a mere bystander.
The Bismarck, Antoni told one follower in April 2024, is “hard not to love” — adding he feels the same way about two American ships: the U.S.S. Texas, which fought the Nazis, and the New Jersey, which was stationed in the Pacific theater during World War II but later participated in U.S. operations in the Lebanese Civil War.