( NewsNation) — President Donald Trump has chosen E.J. Antoni to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a longtime critic of the agency who has already hinted at fundamental changes that could come to the monthly job reports. Trump announced his new choice with high expectations on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump named EJ Antoni, chief economist of the conservative Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics after firing the former head of the agency earlier this month.

P resident Donald Trump nominated E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, as the next commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the president said in a social media post late Monday.