Recently, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) declared that Google has an illegal monopoly, while providing a list of steps to take to limit this dominance of the Internet. So editor-in-chief John MacLethwaite took the opportunity to raise the topic with former President Donald Trump. The latter was then able to express his dissatisfaction with the treatment of information by the American giant on his internet search site.
Trump urged to kill Google.
“Google has a lot of power. This is too bad for me. Too bad for me, I can speak from that point of view. They only have bad stories to tell about me. If I have 20 good stories and 20 bad stories, Google only shows 20 bad stories. I called the boss at Google the other day and told him that I had a lot of great stories lately, but they couldn’t be found on Google. I’m sure it’s all fake. I think Google is rigged, just like our government is rigged.“Donald Trump was able to answer about Google.
So of course, the consequential question was obvious: Should we kill Google, to stop it monopolizing the market? That’s exactly what journalist McLethwaite asks Donald Trump, who then replies: “I will do something. But I have to give them credit: they’ve become such a force. How they became so powerful is up for debate. At the same time, it is very risky because we want to have big companies. We don’t want China to own these big companies. Currently, China is afraid of Google. China is a very intelligent and very powerful group of people, I can tell you this from personal experience.“, before being cut off by the American journalist.
Nevertheless he continues on the subject:I’m not a fan of Google: they treat me badly. But if you do (kill Google), will you destroy the company? […] We need to strengthen our media because our media is corrupt.“Overall, Donald Trump didn’t answer the initial question about potentially killing Google to challenge its monopoly on the market, but it’s clear he wants to do it.”do somethingLast August, Trump managed to warn the firm (“Google needs to be careful.“), indicating that it has “The feeling that Google is going to shut down.Donald Trump’s vice-presidential candidate, JD Vance, called for Google to be shut down last February.
