Following an appearance on the right-wing network Newsmax in 2023, economist E.J. Antoni revealed the identity of the warship he frequently uses as his background art for TV interviews. “Bismarck,” Antoni replied on X — referring to the massive Nazi battleship whose launch was attended and celebrated by Adolf Hitler.

E.J. Antoni lacks the research record of previous commissioners of the Bureau of Labor Statistics but has a solid record of backing Trump’s narrative of the economy.

President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief earlier this month after a downbeat jobs report. The move has raised concerns about the credibility of economic data going forward.

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

E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, if approved by the Senate, would replace Erika McEntarfer, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden.

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

Antoni Porowski’s Hot Boy Summer just got a lot more interesting. Fresh off wrapping production on the final season of Queer Eye last week, the 41-year-old food expert celebrated by ditching his cast mates and jetting off to the beaches of Ibiza and Formentera on Spain’s Balearic Islands.

President Donald Trump’s pick to oversee the Bureau of Labor Statistics was hanging around the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, footage shows, prompting a panicked scramble from the White House to paint him as a mere bystander.