So presumably, it will continue.
1. Alter the rules so the thing is under threat
2. Intervene to protect it from the harm you initiated
3. Now you're encumbered by one fewer rule, and you're a known protector of the thing
Executive Heist? Tyrant's Gambit? The Ol' Feudal Switcheroo?
My local school district did it with school days just this year. On the books they're now "online learning days" but thanks to the largesse of the very people who took them away, we can have them still... as a gift.
"Nice little monopoly you have there. Oops, look at that one over there, which burned down with no survivors. Be a shame if anything like that happened to you."
(Obviously a President caring about popular opinion is a feature and not strictly a bug, but I think it's reasonable that a President should also care whether said popular opinion is ill-informed and wrong when it comes to national security.)
All red states.
>So presumably, it will continue.
You might be missing the lede here. It's not about the power, but who wields it. Twitter was an enemy, until it became X. TikTok was an enemy, until it showed fealty.
The idea that such a billionaire-friendly administration has an issue with Big Tech or any other monopoly is a ruse. When these entities are brought to heel and their power duly co-opted, they'll be treated with favor. In fact, these lawsuits are but one more tactic to ensure that outcome.