President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a conservative activist who wrongly predicted a recession in 2024 to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that EJ Antoni, chief economist for the right-wing Heritage Foundation think tank, is the frontrunner to lead the embattled agency. Antoni was a contributor to Project 2025, Trump’s blueprint for taking over the U.S. government.

Trump fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Senate-confirmed leader of the agency, in retaliation for a jobs report showing the job market beginning to stagnate since he began implementing his tariffs, with only 73,000 jobs added in July—far below the expected 110,000. The report also showed downward job number revisions for May and June.

Instead of admitting that he made a

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