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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.
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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 ...

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, ...
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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.

BLS nominee E.J. Antoni suggests suspending monthly jobs reports

Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner nominee E.J. Antoni has suggested suspending monthly jobs reports in favor of more ...

Trump taps conservative economist EJ Antoni to serve as next labor statistics chief

White House Says Trump Tariffs Are Good For Business President Trump on Monday announced he would nominate E.J. Antoni, a top ...

Trump’s Pick to Lead Labor Data Agency Adds to Fears of Political Interference

By résumé alone, Dr. Antoni, 37, is an unusual pick to head the agency, which is officially a part of the Department of Labor ...

Trump’s nominee to oversee jobs and inflation data faces shower of criticism

Trump has selected E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to be the next commissioner at the ...