The administrative state's war on American business has claimed another victim. iRobot, the Massachusetts company that brought us the beloved Roomba vacuum cleaner, has been driven into bankruptcy thanks to federal antitrust zealots who blocked Amazon's acquisition deal – effectively handing this pioneering American robotics firm to Chinese creditors.
This is what happens when unelected bureaucrats prioritize their anti-business ideology over American economic strength. Instead of allowing Amazon to rescue iRobot and preserve American jobs, Biden-era regulators at the Federal Trade Commission killed the deal in the name of "protecting competition." The result? They destroyed competition entirely.
Regulatory Sabotage in Action
The FTC's decision to block Amazon's acquisition wasn't about protecting consumers – it was about flexing government muscle against successful American companies. These same regulators who claim to fight monopolies just created the perfect conditions for Chinese domination of the robotics sector.
iRobot wasn't just another tech company. This was an American innovation success story, a company that revolutionized home cleaning and proved American ingenuity could lead the world. Now, thanks to regulatory overreach, that legacy lies in ruins while Chinese competitors circle like vultures.
"Antitrust law is supposed to defend consumers and prevent monopoly abuse. In this case, regulators killed a deal that could have kept iRobot alive, preserved American jobs, and strengthened a U.S. company facing brutal Chinese competition."
The Biden administration's antitrust crusade has been nothing but a jobs-killing, economy-wrecking disaster from day one. They've targeted American success stories like Amazon, Google, and Apple while doing absolutely nothing about China's systematic theft of American intellectual property and market manipulation.
Trump's Chance to Fix the Mess
President Trump now has the opportunity to clean house at these rogue agencies and restore sanity to American antitrust policy. The deep state bureaucrats who orchestrated this disaster should be shown the door immediately.
How many more American companies will we sacrifice on the altar of regulatory extremism? How many more victories will we hand to China because unelected swamp creatures think they know better than the free market? Patriots deserve answers, and President Trump needs to deliver them fast.