Trump says he's nominating E.J. Antoni as Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: CNBC

Trump says he's nominating E.J. Antoni as Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner

PUBLISHED MON, AUG 11 2025 6:48 PM EDT
UPDATED MOMENTS AGO
Dan Mangan
@_DANMANGAN

KEY POINTS
* President Donald Trump said he will nominate the economist E. J. Antoni as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
* Antoni would replace Erika McEntarfer, who Trump fired as BLS commissioner on Aug. 1 after accusing her of manipulating jobs report data.
* Antoni is the chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation.



Dr. E.J. Antoni, nominee for the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics stands next to Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
Courtesy: Donald J. Trump via Truth Social

President Donald Trump said Monday that he will nominate the economist E. J. Antoni as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Antoni would replace Erika McEntarfer, who Trump fired as BLS commissioner on Aug. 1, after accusing her of manipulating jobs report data.

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Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/08/11/trump-antoni-bls-statistics.html

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Hat tip, Joe.My.God.

https://www.joemygod.com/2025/08/trump-taps-heritage-official-to-oversee-jobs-reports/

Trump Taps Heritage Official To Oversee Jobs Reports
August 11, 2025

[rurallib]

1. "economist" for Heritage.

I. wouldn't bet he can make it past 10 with his numbers. His job will be to report whatever Trump tells him to report- period.

[VeryProgressive]

2. In Other Words, an Apparatchik Toady

This guy will be spewing bullshit data.

[3825-87867]

3. More appointment"SS" of the Nazi Heritage Reich

and he even looks the part.

BTW, all tramp selections should now be referred to as appointment'SS, selection'SS, nomination'SS, VP'SS, busineSS advisor'SS, etc.

[walkingman]

4. The right-wing so-called conservatives will have sexual problems if this keeps

up....the human body was not designed to have organisms on an hourly basis and when that happens usually happens it leads to dementia and/or anal leakage.

So if you hear someone (male/female) that sounds stupid or has a smell about them - they are conservative.

[FloridaBlues]

5. The senate republicans will all vote to confirm him.

No one will believe any numbers for jobs or any other over site he may have. Heritage foundation is project 25. The circle is almost complete.

[bromeando]

6. BLS

Can't believe anything coming out of that office now.

[CanonRay]

7. But does he know the difference between median and medium?

[UpInArms]

8. Dear gawd

What is all that shit hanging around the window?

It looks like absolute fuck

[progree]

9. I trust that he will take a wide-eyed look at the numbers

From yesterday, from mahatmakanejeeves,

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1116100891


He's my number one choice for a winner of a "who will blink last?" contest

[DET]

10. What's Not to Like?

- chief economist at the Heritage Foundation
- graduated from a school that one critic described as in the lowest 10% of economics programs
- LinkedIn profile does not show any employment prior to 2019
- contributor to Project 2025
- heavily promoted by Steve Bannon
- appears to be about 37 based on high school graduation in 2006
- Steven Miller lookalike, but with hair - contender for ‘best creepy eyes’

If what I read is correct (and I did not verify any of it) this is a young, inexperienced guy who graduated from a poorly ranked economics program and is not generally respected by the economist community. And he’s the chief economist for the Heritage Foundation. Perfect credentials to work in the Trump administration.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. short term link: BLS nominee made claim that no 'sensible economist would use' - and that's one of the kinder comments

Short term (24 hours appr) link for free:
https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/2025081224/bls-nominee-made-claim-that-no-sensible-economist-would-use-and-thats-one-of-the-kinder-comments

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Jason Furman, the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama, but also a critic of President Joe Biden's stimulus measures, said Antoni is "completely unqualified" and an "extreme partisan."

Jessica Riedl, a former Heritage Foundation research fellow now at the conservative Manhattan Institute, said his articles and tweets "are probably the most error-filled or any think tank economist right now." Jeremy Horpedahl of the libertarian Cato Institute said he "either massively misunderstands labor market data, or he is willing to lie repeatedly about after being corrected by dozens of economists." Stan Veuger of the American Enterprise Institute, often described as a center-right think tank, called him "utterly unqualified and as partisan as it gets."

Ahead of his nomination, Antoni defended the firing of Erika McEntarfer as BLS commissioner and made the case for reform of the agency.

"That person has overseen problems in the data for three years now," he said on C-Span. "That has been confirmed by the fact the BLS will publish one series of number, and later, publish another series of data that contradicts it," he said.
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[muriel_volestrangler]

13. 3 right wing economists saying he's too incompetent for the job

That's pretty damning, but not of any concern to the Trump regime. They are suspicious of competent people, even if they are right wing - they might try and follow the law or something.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

12. E. J. Antoni and Project 2025

Wikipedia shows Antoni as being cited in Chapter 22 - Department of the Treasury. He was not one of the three authors of that section. Stephen “medium income” Moore was one of the authors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_contributors_to_Project_2025

https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf#page=729