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.

E.J. Antoni, President Trump's pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), has suggested ending the monthly jobs reports closely watched by businesses.

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

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.

By résumé alone, Dr. Antoni, 37, is an unusual pick to head the agency, which is officially a part of the Department of Labor but has long operated with a large measure of independence. Past commissioners have typically come to the job with decades of experience in government or academia.

President Trump says he is nominating E.J. Antoni to be the new Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner. Antoni has been a critic of the agency in the past. Former Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor Betsey Stevenson,