Trump, Antoni and Bureau of Labor Statistics
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When President Donald Trump announced his nomination of E.J. Antoni to replace Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer, economists on the Left and Right criticized the pick. Reasons for opprobrium over the choice,
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.
Donald Trump’s new pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics proudly showed off a picture of the German World War II battleship Bismarck “in all his glory” during a podcast. E.J. Antoni, tapped to replace former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer,
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The Nation on MSNThe Case Against E.J. Antoni
Opposing his nomination to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics is the one thing the left and right can agree on.
Frequent right-wing media guest and Project 2025 contributor E.J. Antoni — President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he fired its previous commissioner following a bad jobs report — has on multiple occasions called Social Security a “Ponzi scheme.