The Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper urges the president's pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics to "take off his MAGA hat."

The president said that EJ Antoni would ensure the jobs numbers were "HONEST and ACCURATE".

E.J. Antoni said the Bureau of Labor Statistics should suspend a monthly estimate that recently upset President Donald Trump.

It raised new alarm about the future of an agency that tracks how the economy of the world's richest country is faring.

Heritage Foundation economist E. J. Antoni questioned the report's accuracy after President Trump fired the prior Bureau of Labor Statistics chief.

E.J. Antoni, Trump's pick as commissioner of Labor Statistics, recently endorsed halting monthly jobs reports until the methodology is changed.

The Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper urges the president's pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics to "take off his MAGA hat."