A March profile in the Wall Street Journal spotlighted Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson as earning the respect of President Donald Trump for aggressively reshaping the agency.  

Ferguson served as a commissioner on the FTC since 2023, often clashing with Biden-era FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan, who, as a law professor, rose to fame as a champion of hipster antitrust theories. While occasionally making common cause with populists, the Khan FTC aggressively filed enforcement actions across all corners of the economy, from John Deere to Pepsi to a 7-Eleven franchise in Florida.