Trump 2.0 Support For Lina Khan Style Antitrust Reform Wound Up Being An Unsurprising Lie

Trump 2.0 Support For Lina Khan Style Antitrust Reform Wound Up Being An Unsurprising Lie

In a lead up to the last Presidential Election, one of the lies circulated by the Trump camp to befuddle plebs and rubes was that Trump 2.0 was going to be "serious about antitrust reform." You didn't have to look far for some baseless claims in the press (or by supposed experts like Matt Stoller)…

The Trump Administration Was Lying About Antitrust Enforcement – Pixel Envy

Last time I checked in on how the second Trump administration was going to approach the globally-relevant business of antitrust enforcement, I was cautiously optimistic. Some key trust-busting suits were filed under the first Trump administration and, while sloppy, there seemed to be seeds planted for a continuation of a more active FTC. I knew this administration would be catastrophic, and even my tiny speck of optimism was misplaced. Josh Sisc…