President Donald Trump is nominating top Heritage Foundation economist and Project 2025 contributor E.J. Antoni for the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), marking the extreme and dangerous politicization of an agency that acts as a linchpin for economic decision making by the president.
Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday evening that he is tapping Antoni as head of the crucial agency, saying that Antoni will “ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE.”
This comes after Trump fired the previous bureau chief , President Joe Biden nominee Erika McEntarfer, after the agency revised job market data for May and June to reflect lower-than-expected job growth — likely reflecting chaos and economic strife induced by Trump’s tariffs and immigration policies.
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