President Donald Trump has named a Project 2025 architect to replace the labor statistics chief he fired earlier this month, after receiving a disappointing jobs report.

Trump is nominating E.J. Antoni, a top economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to serve as the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“Our Economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE,” the president announced Monday on Truth Social. “I know E.J. Antoni will do an incredible job in this new role.”

Antoni, who contributed to the Heritage Foundation’s controversial Project 2025 initiative, had the backing of MAGA hardliners, including Steve Bannon. As a longtime skeptic of BLS data, Antoni is in step with Trump’s line of attack on the agency.

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