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August 11, 2025Trump taps Project 2025 author to run economic data agency
Heritage Foundation ideologue will control numbers that move global markets
Trump nominated 🏛️Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni to run Bureau of Labor Statistics in Aug. 2025
Antoni co-wrote Project 2025 and appeared on Steve Bannon podcast calling for previous commissioner firing
BLS produces jobs numbers, inflation data, and unemployment stats that move global markets
Antoni would have controlled economic numbers determining Social Security payments and Fed decisions
International investors make trillion-dollar bets based on U.S. statistics credibility
Antoni called BLS reports a random number generator and criticized agency data as make-believe
71 million Social Security beneficiaries cost-of-living adjustments depend on BLS inflation calculations
Antoni withdrew nomination in Sep. 2025 after bipartisan opposition including Republican senators
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