President Donald Trump is reportedly intervening to prevent Lisa Monaco from taking her newly appointed role as President of Global Affairs at Microsoft. According to multiple reports, far-right activist Laura Loomer may have played a key role in alerting Trump to the hiring and pushing him to act.
Monaco, who previously served as Deputy Attorney General under the Biden administration, oversees sensitive national security and global affairs matters. Her tenure at the Justice Department has drawn Trump’s ire, as he blames her office for investigations into his handling of classified material and election interference. Loomer took to X to publicly alert the President about Monaco’s hiring, tagging Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and demanding action, describing Monaco’s appointment as “unacceptable.”
Politico reports that Trump echoed Loomer’s concerns, asserting that Monaco’s access to sensitive information at Microsoft is “unacceptable and cannot be allowed to stand.” He further suggested that Microsoft’s relationship with the U.S. government could be jeopardized if they retain Monaco in this senior role.
This move fits a broader pattern of Trump attempting to influence private companies and tech giants. During early tariff implementations, for example, Amazon initially considered passing tariffs onto consumer goods, but quickly reversed course after Trump criticized the company’s approach as a “political act.”
Monaco’s hiring presents a dilemma for Microsoft: comply with Trump’s public objections or defend their executive appointments. Critics warn that acquiescing could embolden the former President to interfere in corporate decisions repeatedly, especially when he perceives a company’s leadership as politically opposed to him.
The incident highlights the continued entanglement of politics and corporate governance in the U.S., particularly under a former President who remains highly active in public and political affairs. It also underscores the influence that far-right figures like Loomer can wield by alerting sympathetic political actors to executive decisions they oppose.
As Microsoft weighs its options, observers will be watching closely to see whether the tech giant defends its internal hiring decisions or succumbs to external political pressure.
