Google's antitrust gut punch and the Trump wild card

The case was first filed back in 2020. Then in August, Judge Amit Mehta ruled in favor of DOJ (and against Google), finding that Google ran its business as an illegal monopoly. Now, the DOJ has made its case for what it thinks Google should have to do in the wake of that verdict. Next, Google will propose its own set of remedies to the court. Finally, Judge Mehta will have to decide which, if any, of these remedies to enact. The government starts by calling for an end to "third party payments." This means Google would have to stop paying the likes of Apple and Mozilla to make Google search the default engine in those companies' browsers and devices.