ECONOMY/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Friday [4-12-19] the United States should not nationalize its 5G network and said private companies should move quickly to deploy the faster next-generation network. ‘In the United States our approach is private-sector driven and private-sector led. The government doesn’t have to spend lots of money,’ Trump said. ‘Leading through the government, it won’t be nearly as good, nearly as fast.’ The White House mulled the idea of nationalizing the 5G network for more than a year. In March Politico reported that Trump’s reelection campaign supported a government role in managing the 5G networks even as White House officials including top economic adviser Larry Kudlow have said for months they oppose the idea. Trump spoke alongside Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai who disclosed Friday the agency plans to hold its third 5G spectrum auction on Dec. 10, the latest effort to make more spectrum available that could transform significant sectors of the U.S. economy.”
–Reuters, “Trump Says He Opposes Nationalizing U.S. 5G Network,” The New York Times online, April 12, 2019