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10. What's Not to Like?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 01:03 AM

Aug 12

- 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.

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E. J. Antoni and Project 2025 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 12 #12

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