📊Trump nominates Project 2025 architect E.J. Antoni to control all U.S. economic statistics
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Trump just nominated Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics—the agency that produces jobs numbers, inflation data, and unemployment stats that move global markets. Antoni co-wrote Project 2025 and went on Steve Bannon's podcast calling for the previous commissioner's firing after weak July jobs data. Now he'll control the economic numbers that determine Social Security payments, Federal Reserve decisions, and whether Wall Street believes America's economy is actually doing well.
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Why This Matters
Project 2025 guys now control the economic data that moves your 401k
Antoni wrote Heritage reports cheerleading Trump's economy, then got appointed to produce the statistics judging that same economy—like letting a restaurant owner grade their own health inspection.
America's economic credibility nosedives when partisan activists replace professional number-crunchers
International investors made trillion-dollar bets based on trustworthy U.S. statistics—now they're wondering if our inflation data comes from economists or political operatives.
Your Social Security check depends on inflation calculations from Trump loyalists
Antoni's team decides whether 67 million seniors get cost-of-living raises or watch their benefits lose value to hidden price manipulation.
Time to learn which economic statistics you can actually trust
Start following independent sources like the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED database) and private research firms—don't let politicians control your financial reality.
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Critics worry that Antoni's appointment breaks decades of _____ technocrats leading BLS in favor of an extreme _____ who lacks relevant experience.
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Who publicly advocated for Antoni's nomination on his podcast before Trump made the appointment?
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What did Antoni call the BLS's methodology change for the Consumer Price Index?
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Who was the previous BLS commissioner that Trump fired?
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Where did Antoni receive his Ph.D. in economics?
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Trump claimed the July jobs report was "rigged" to make him look bad, despite economists finding no evidence of manipulation.
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E.J. Antoni contributed to Project 2025, the conservative policy blueprint that Trump publicly distanced himself from during his campaign.
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Even some Trump supporters criticized the firing of the previous BLS commissioner.
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