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7. 'Absolute worst': Outrage as Trump taps economist known for 'viral dishonest analyses'
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 02:42 PM
Aug 12

This asshole is not qualified and is very dishonest. trump will get the numbers he wants but no one will trust these numbers

Critics bemoaned President Donald Trump's decision to nominate a top Heritage Foundation economist as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2025-08-12T00:00:20Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-economy-2673876408

Critics bemoaned President Donald Trump's decision to nominate a top Heritage Foundation economist as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics......

Jeremy Horpedahl, an associate professor at the University of Central Arkansas, warned on X ahead of the announcement, "This is a terrible idea. Antoni either massively misunderstands labor market data, or he is willing to lie repeatedly about after being corrected by dozens of economistsQuoteBrian Schwartz."

Spencer Hakimian, founder of Tolou Capital Management, wrote on X, "Lmao get ready for a +27 million job month in 2 weeks."

Matthew Gertz, senior fellow at Media Matters, wrote on X: "The morning Trump fired the BLS commissioner, Antoni was on Steve Bannon’s show explaining that the lack of a 'MAGA Republican' in the post was 'why we continue to have all these data problems.'"

Brendan Duke, senior director of Federal Budget Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, wrote on X that "Antoni has distinguished himself with his lack of shame in producing viral dishonest analyses that have been criticized by honest conservative analysts. If he brings that lack of shame to the production official economic statistics, their reliability could be in question.".....

And Bloomberg columnist Matthew Yglesias wrote on X, "Antoni’s commentary on economic data over the past few years has been some of the absolute worst around. For the sake of the country I hope this guy is a huge liar and his various statements don’t reflect sincere incompetence."

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The jobs numbers will be bad. So Trump doesn't want you to see them. LetMyPeopleVote Aug 12 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author mahatmakanejeeves Aug 12 #4
Nick @nickbraun0 This guy looks like he sells online courses on how to scam the elderly. riversedge Aug 12 #2
Maddow Blog-With new labor statistics nominee, Trump heads in a radical and hazardous direction LetMyPeopleVote Aug 12 #3
Economics departments worldwide should be busy downloading every bit of archived BLS data. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 12 #5
This orangecrush Aug 12 #11
We can't having something as dangerous as the truth out in public, can we? Wait, are we talking jobs or Epstein? Scalded Nun Aug 12 #6
'Absolute worst': Outrage as Trump taps economist known for 'viral dishonest analyses' LetMyPeopleVote Aug 12 #7
Some of EJ Antoni's "Greatest Hits" Wiz Imp Aug 12 #8
Even right wing economists think he's terrible Wiz Imp Aug 12 #9
Oh My God. He did a podcast in front of a picture of a Nazi warship Wiz Imp Aug 12 #10
The NAZI Warshup is disturbing LetMyPeopleVote Aug 12 #17
What does the EJ stand for? Prairie Gates Aug 12 #12
E is for Erwin. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 12 #14
Leavitt confirms that monthly jobs reports may be suspended "until they can get the data and methodology in order" LetMyPeopleVote Aug 12 #13
He's the Alina Habba of Stephen Moores. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 12 #15
Resurfaced podcast reveals that Trump's Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee is a Project 2025 author. LetMyPeopleVote Aug 12 #16
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