It was the kind of attitude that drove many voters to support Donald Trump, with his promise to stand up for ordinary Americans and to lower out-of-control prices. In office, President Trump signed an executive order to crack down on price-gouging by ticket resellers, and looked on as Kid Rock said that Ticketmaster, Live Nation’s selling platform, was “going to lose some money.” Most important, the Trump Justice Department pushed ahead with a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation that had been filed in 2024 by the Biden administration and ultimately joined by 39 states and the District of Columbia.