Keep in mind that Obama (widely seen as a sellout from Dems and the antichrist on the GOP side) was effective in reducing mobile subscription costs by blocking the AT&T / TMobile merger in 2014 - that was the FCC.
I'm of the mind that no large company mergers shouldn't be allowed period, at least for a long time. Small company mergers in growing industries, sure. These large mergers in established industries only serve the companies and hurt both the workers and the consumers. The word cartel comes to mind.
I think the biggest problem with US politics, at least in the executive branch, is presidents need to be cautious until the last 2 years of an 8 year term, and still, anything radical they do can hurt the party. I think we need something radical done to fix middle America.
I think blocking all these M&A would go a long way too. No one can compete in an industry with just one or two giants who enact huge barriers to entry, etc.
Who proposed that? Bernie?