“Kara Swisher, on a State Visit to Washington, taped a ‘Recode Decode’ podcast with top political operatives Hilary Rosen, a Democrat, and Juleanna Glover, a Republican. The three dive deep into how the merger climate could shift under Trump:

“Hilary Rosen: ‘[Y]ou can’t have as much money as you have now in capital markets and not see a huge amount of consolidation. Big companies have just so much money available to them, so I think the deal market … will continue, only it will continue much more unabated.’

“Kara noted the Trump transition teams include a lot of ‘pro-merger people.’

“Juleanna Glover: ‘I don’t think [the merits are] going to have anything to do with whether this White House opposes or supports them. I think it’s going to be entirely a communications function as to … what’s the impact on consumers?'”