Trump calls for firing of Microsoft president of global affairs

Alex Halverson, The Seattle Times on Sep 26, 2025

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President Donald Trump said Friday that Microsoft should fire Lisa Monaco, the company's president of global affairs who served as deputy attorney general under the Biden administration.

The statement, which the president posted on his Truth Social account, came about two months after Monaco started working for Microsoft.

Trump's tirade against Monaco said that in her role she has access to Highly Sensitive Information," which is "unacceptable and cannot be allowed to stand."

Trump listed her ties to the Obama and Biden administrations — Monaco was a security aide in the Obama administration — and called her a "menace to U.S. National Security, especially given the major contracts that Microsoft has with the United States Government."

Trump also accused her of "many wrongful acts," and said the government had recently stripped her of security clearances and banned her from federal properties.

He then said Microsoft should immediately terminate her employment.

Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

It's unclear what prompted Trump's social media post. Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo posted "Interesting new job on social media earlier on Friday with a link to a July article announcing Monaco's new role with Microsoft.

The posts from Trump and Bartiromo came a day after Microsoft announced it had cut off specific cloud computing and artificial intelligence services to a unit of the Israeli military that was accused of using the tech to store surveillance data on Palestinian civilians.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was among a group of tech industry leaders who joined Trump for a dinner at the White House earlier this month.