President Trump's Justice Department is making major moves to drain the swamp in its antitrust division, with former Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater being shown the door last Thursday as part of a broader effort to implement what officials are calling "MAGA antitrust."
The shake-up represents a fundamental shift away from the Biden regime's weaponized approach to antitrust enforcement, which targeted American companies while ignoring foreign threats from China and other adversaries. Under Trump's leadership, the DOJ is now focused on policies that actually benefit American workers and consumers, not the globalist elite.
This new "MAGA antitrust" approach is already taking shape at the Federal Trade Commission under Chairman Andrew Ferguson, who understands that antitrust law should protect competition and innovation, not be used as a political weapon against successful American businesses.
America First Economics in Action
The personnel changes signal that Trump is serious about implementing his America First economic agenda throughout the federal bureaucracy. For too long, unelected bureaucrats in the administrative state have used antitrust law to punish companies for being successful while turning a blind eye to real threats to American competitiveness.
"We're not going to let the deep state continue to weaponize antitrust law against American businesses while China steals our intellectual property and floods our markets with subsidized goods," a senior DOJ official told reporters.
The Trump administration's approach recognizes that strong American companies are essential to competing with China and other foreign adversaries. Instead of breaking up successful American firms, MAGA antitrust will focus on real anti-competitive behavior that hurts consumers and workers.
This is exactly the kind of swamp-draining action that Trump voters demanded when they gave him a decisive mandate in 2024. By removing deep state holdovers and installing officials who understand the America First agenda, Trump is ensuring that every federal agency serves the American people, not the globalist establishment.
Will the mainstream media give Trump credit for putting American workers first? Don't hold your breath.