AXIOS (Dan Primack) - Airline mega-merger story is all about Trump
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby floated the idea of a merger with American Airlines while meeting with President Trump last month, according to multiple reports . Why it matters: Corporate America has concluded that federal antitrust approval now comes from the top. The big picture: Airline mergers must be approved by both the Justice Department and Transportation Department. - Many of DOJ's top antitrust officials and prosecutors have been forced out and/or resigned this year, after balking at proposed settlements in cases like Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary. - The new model for lobbyists has been to go directly to senior DOJ leadership or, if possible, to Trump himself. - It's a sea change for how big business is done,…