President Trump announced E.J. Antoni as his nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday, after he fired the former commissioner and blamed her for a weaker-than-expected jobs report.

President Donald Trump named EJ Antoni, chief economist of the conservative Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics after firing the former head of the agency earlier this month.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics has made a series of controversial assertions that critics say undermines his desire to have the agency better collect and process economic data.

Hours before President Donald Trump fired former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer this month, E.J. Antoni appeared on former White House strategist Steve Bannon’s podcast to discuss the BLS’ monthly jobs report,

The artwork depicting a German battleship called the Bismarck was visible in two interviews with Antoni in 2023 and 2024.

President Donald Trump said he plans to nominate a researcher at a conservative think tank to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Steve Bannon, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump in his first term and an influential voice in conservative circles, is pushing for EJ Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

E.J. Antoni, the MAGA partisan Trump tapped to replace Erika McEntarfer as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, reports NBC News. The Heritage Foundation economist and Project 2025 contributor can be seen among J6ers in footage archived by ProPublica.