September 26, 2025 - ... U.S. Deputy Attorney General ... of Justice in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2024. ... President Donald Trump on Friday demanded that Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco, an executive who served as deputy attorney general during ...

September 30, 2025 - In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump called Monaco “corrupt and totally deranged” and, citing national security concerns, called for her to be terminated from her role. “Monaco has been shockingly hired as the President of Global Affairs for Microsoft, in a very senior role with access to Highly Sensitive Information.

September 27, 2025 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Microsoft should fire Lisa Monaco, who had served in the administrations of two Democratic presidents and is now Microsoft's global affairs president.

September 27, 2025 - Trump urged the software giant to remove Monaco, who it recently appointed as its president of global affairs, and argued her tenure as former deputy Attorney General and connections to investigations he views as illegitimate discredit her.

February 8, 2025 - Like other tech companies, Microsoft donated $1 million to Mr. Trump’s inauguration fund, but it did so after its peers. It gave $500,000 to the inaugural fund for the first Trump administration, as well as the Biden inauguration in 2021.

May 14, 2025 - In December, the company’s Chief Diversity Officer, Lindsay-Rae McIntyr, wrote on LinkedIn that Microsoft’s DEI efforts are vital to the company’s success: “The business case for D&I [diversity and inclusion] is not only a constant, but is stronger than ever, reinforcing our belief that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial for innovation and success.” · When worries surfaced that Trump might require American tech companies to suspend their cloud operations in Europe, or turn Europeans’ data over to the federal government as part of a trade war, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith wrote in a blog post that he won’t turn over the data or suspend European cloud operations.

May 7, 2025 - I saw this first-hand when I was in Warsaw last week to announce with Prime Minister Donald Tusk a $700 million expansion of Microsoft’s datacenter infrastructure in Poland. Among the beneficiaries are American workers manufacturing advanced electrical generators in Indiana, so they can be shipped to Poland. The irony could not be clearer. At the very moment when the Trump administration is pressing Europe to buy more American goods, the Biden Diffusion Rule leaves the leaders of partners like Poland asking why they have been relegated to Tier Two status and an uncertain ability to buy more American AI chips in the future.

September 27, 2025 - Trump calls for the firing of Microsoft's Lisa Monaco and said it's over national security concerns.

October 1, 2025 - Months earlier, Monaco was among more than a dozen Democratic figures who had their security clearances revoked by Trump. Then last Friday, the president went even further. “It is my opinion that Microsoft should immediately terminate the employment of Lisa Monaco,” Trump wrote in a post on his social media platform, calling it “unacceptable” that Monaco might have access to “highly sensitive information” as part of her role, “especially given the major contracts that Microsoft has with the United States Government.”

September 26, 2025 - Why it matters: Trump's push for one of the world's largest companies to oust one of its top executives is the latest example of the administration's broad efforts to exert more active oversight of corporate America. What they're saying: "It is my opinion that Microsoft should immediately terminate the employment of Lisa Monaco," Trump said in a Truth Social post, calling her "Corrupt and Totally Trump Deranged."

March 12, 2025 - The FTC had last year opened a sweeping antitrust investigation into Microsoft, including into its software licensing and cloud computing businesses, Reuters had reported in November. The investigation was approved by then FTC chair Lina Khan ahead of her departure. Andrew Ferguson became the new chair when President Donald Trump took office in January.

September 29, 2025 - Lisa Monaco, 57, has found herself at the center of a political firestorm after President Donald Trump demanded Microsoft fire her from her role as president of global affairs, calling her “a menace to U.S.

January 28, 2025 - US President Donald Trump has said Microsoft is in discussions to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a "bidding war" over the sale of the social media app.

January 9, 2025 - Microsoft would like President-elect Donald Trump to make sure that U.S. artificial intelligence policy in the next four years will support its goals.

September 27, 2025 - President Donald Trump in a Truth Social post Saturday demanded Microsoft fire its newly appointed Global Affairs President Lisa Monaco.

September 29, 2025 - President Donald Trump declared Friday that Microsoft needs to fire Lisa Monaco, the company’s president of global affairs.

September 26, 2025 - (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Microsoft Corp should fire the firm's Global Affairs President Lisa Monaco, who was the deputy attorney general in former President Joe Biden's administration.

February 27, 2025 - Microsoft has urged President Donald Trump's team to ease export restrictions imposed on artificial intelligence chips in the closing days of the Biden administration, saying the measures should not extend to a group of U.S. allies.