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Tech: Trump says Google, Amazon, and Facebook may be 'very antitrust,' but stops short of calling for a breakup of the firms

US President Donald Trump.

US president Donald Trump said in an interview with Bloomberg that Google, Amazon, and Facebook could be a 'very antitrust situation.' It follows Trump's repeated attacks on Google in recent days over what he perceives as liberal bias in the company's search engine.

  • US president Donald Trump said in an interview with Bloomberg that Google, Amazon, and Facebook could be a "very antitrust situation."
  • It follows Trump's repeated attacks on Google in recent days over what he perceives as liberal bias in the company's search engine.
  • He stopped short, however, of saying the tech companies should be broken up.


US President Donald Trump told Bloomberg on Thursday that tech giants Google, Amazon, and Facebook could be a "very antitrust situation."

In a week in which Trump has repeatedly attacked Google over its perceived liberal bias, the president raised monopoly questions about the firm and its peers.

"As you know, many people think it is a very antitrust situation, the three of them," the president told Bloomberg. Antitrust laws prevent companies from abusing their power to make the market less competitive.

Trump did not go so far as to suggest the companies be broken up. "I won’t comment on the breaking up, of whether it’s that or Amazon or Facebook," he said.

His former Chief Strategist Steve Bannon said tech companies should be broken up when defending the president's attack on Google to a CNN reporter on Wednesday.

It would be for Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division to decide whether to bring federal antitrust proceedings against the tech firms. Antitrust experts have previously said the two authorities have zero desire to "become puppets of elected officials."

It is far from the first time Trump has targeted Amazon, previously calling it a "no-tax monopoly" that abuses its relationship with the US Postal Service. In April, an anonymous source told Axios that Trump is "obsessed" with the company.

During his conversation with Bloomberg, Trump continued to voice his displeasure at Google's search results. He said "conservatives have been treated very unfairly" and added: "I tell you there are some moments where we say, 'Wow that really is bad, what they’re doing.'"

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