Andrew Ferguson, who is already one of the FTC’s five commissioners, will replace Lina Khan, who became a lightning rod for Wall Street and Silicon Valley.
President-elect Donald Trump made another flurry on Tuesday, selecting Andrew Ferguson as the next chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Ronald Johnson was nominated to be ambassador to Mexico, and to be ambassador to Greece.of job announcementsKimberly Guilfoyle
Ferguson, who is already one of the FTC’s five commissioners, will replace Lina Khan, for Wall Street and Silicon Valley by blocking billions of dollars worth of corporate acquisitions and suing Amazon and Meta while alleging anticompetitive behavior.who became a lightning rod
« Andrew has a proven record of standing up to Big Tech censorship, and protecting Freedom of Speech in our Great Country », Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding, « Andrew will be the most America First, and pro-innovation FTC Chair in our Country’s History. »
Tom Barrack was chosen as the nominee for ambassador to Turkey. Barrack, a wealthy financier, met Trump in the 1980s while helping negotiate Trump’s purchase of the renowned Plaza Hotel. He was charged with using his personal access to the former president to secretly promote the interests of the United Arab Emirates, but was acquitted of all counts at a federal trial in 2022.
Trump called him a « well-respected and experienced voice of reason. »
not the Republican senator — served as ambassador to El Salvador during Trump’s first administration.
