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Ryuu96 said:

Machiavellian said:

I think we need to take Ryuu crystal ball away.  He is seeing conspiracy in every nook and cranny.  Let me tell you about Americans, especially in government agency, they do not recognize other countries.  I highly doubt that the FTC is making any complicated plans or even know how the CMA will judge the MS deal.  Instead, these people are looking at their own careers and how to further their ability to make big bucks.

Tbf my crystal ball predicted that FTC would block the deal

They may not know for sure, but it's at least clearly what they are betting on, maybe they are making the hope based on CMA's Phase 1 though.

No, they are not betting on another country nixing the deal, instead this is all about personal careers.  It does not matter if MS succeeds or not, instead it's a high-profile deal where someone wants on their record of standing up to big tech. You can tell by how weak the whole arguments are.  This is for show and nothing else.  I just believe you have an inflated opinion of US government officials.  If you asked them what the EU is they would tell you it's a candy bar.