President Donald Trump said Monday he plans to nominate a researcher at a conservative think tank as the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he will tap E.J. Antoni, chief economist and a fellow at The Heritage Foundation, for the role.
The move comes 10 days after Trump fired the previous BLS commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, following the agency’s release of a report showing sluggish job growth over the last few months.
