Meador is an accomplished antitrust litigator, but his antagonism toward Big Tech, and bigness per se, will compromise Trump's stated goals of maintaining America's economic and technological dominance.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Mark Meador, a former staffer to Utah Senator Mike Lee, to be a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission, the agency responsible for competition and consumer protection enforcement.

Current commissioner Andrew Ferguson will become chair under Trump and Mark Meador, a former Senate counsel, will join the commission.