Re: Why is this a surprise?
You seem to be missing the point, which is that "Trump's FTC" manifestly is quite different from his FCC.
The FCC chair wants to say "all your so-called 'concerns' are perfectly well covered by the FTC". The FTC chair now says "oh no they're bloody well not!".
That is - not the kind of well co-ordinated messaging we'd see from a competent corrupt administration.