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Fact Check: Analyzing image claiming to show Nazi ship art in Trump BLS pick E.J. Antoni's office

The artwork depicting a German battleship called the Bismarck was visible in two interviews with Antoni in 2023 and 2024.

E.J. Antoni appointment by Trump sparks alarm among economists

Former BLS Commissioner Erica Groshen told Newsweek she is "trying to avoid rushing to judgment" on the new pick.

Unearthed images show E.J. Antoni among the crowds of the president’s supporters.

President Donald Trump’s pick to oversee the Bureau of Labor Statistics was hanging around the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, ...

Trump's BLS nominee E.J. Antoni suggests suspending monthly jobs report

E.J. Antoni, an economist nominated by President Trump to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, said the jobs report is flawed.
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Who is EJ Antoni, the new Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee?

EJ Antoni is the chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation and has a history of criticizing the BLS.
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E.J. Antoni, Trump’s new favorite economist, thinks a Nazi warship is ‘hard not to love’

The Bismarck, Antoni told one follower in April 2024, is “hard not to love” — adding he feels the same way about two American ...

‘The world is not going to trust our data’: Donald Trump’s BLS pick sparks alarm

Trump’s pick to lead the BLS, EJ Antoni, a fierce loyalist and cheerleader for the president’s tariffs and economic strategy, has only deepened the anxiety. “The hope was that he would pick someone .