Dozens of business groups asked President Trump to double down on an antitrust crackdown he pitched during his 2024 campaign – and to “resist pressures” to go soft on Google, Ticketmaster and other alleged monopolists. The groups praised Trump for appointing hawkish antitrust leaders — such as Justice Department antitrust chief Gail Slater , FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson and FTC commissioner Mark Meador — and asked Trump in a Monday letter to “press forward with the full slate of pending cases