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FCC approves T-Mobile deals after DEI rollback under Trump pressure

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Filed July 2025

★ The Brief

What happened

The Federal Communications Commission approved two T-Mobile network-expansion deals while the carrier was simultaneously in a business relationship with the Trump Organization. House Democrats raised conflict-of-interest concerns.

Who enabled it

Who benefits

Deal or steal?

T-Mobile entered a Trump Organization partnership to power Trump-branded mobile service the same month as the FCC approval. The carrier later joined donors to Trump's $300M White House ballroom.

Earlier in July 2025, the Federal Communications Commission approved two T-Mobile deals that would expand the wireless carrier's network. The approvals came after T-Mobile ended its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs following pressure from the Trump administration. House Democrats subsequently raised concerns that T-Mobile's simultaneous business relationship with the Trump Organization — through its role powering Trump Mobile — compounds the conflict of interest.

Actors

Who pushed it · 1

Who initiated, paid, or pushed the action.

  • Federal Communications Commission
    Federal Communications Commission

    Approved two T-Mobile network expansion deals in July 2025, following T-Mobile's termination of its DEI programs under Trump administration pressure.

Beneficiaries

Who gained · 1

Who stood to gain.

  • T-Mobile

    Received FCC approval for two network expansion deals after ending its DEI programs under pressure from the Trump administration, and simultaneously entered a business relationship powering Trump Mobile.

    T-Mobile has paid into Trump’s orbit:

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