Trump says Microsoft should fire its global affairs president Lisa Monaco

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Microsoft Corp should fire the firm's global affairs president Lisa Monaco, who served in the administrations of past Democratic presidents.

Monaco was a security aide in former president Barack Obama's administration and served as the deputy attorney general in former president Joe Biden's administration. She started working for Microsoft in July to lead the firm's engagements with governments globally, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Trump said Monaco, in her position at Microsoft, would have access to highly sensitive information and her "having that kind of access is unacceptable, and cannot be allowed to stand."

"She is a menace to U.S. National Security, especially given the major contracts that Microsoft has with the United States Government," Trump said on Truth Social. "It is my opinion that Microsoft should immediately terminate the employment of Lisa Monaco."

Monaco also helped coordinate the Justice Department's response back then to the January 6, 2021, attacks by Trump supporters on the U.S. Capitol.

Her security clearances were revoked in February. On Friday, Trump said the U.S. Government also banned her from all federal properties because of "Monaco’s many wrongful acts."

Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump's social media post. Monaco also did not immediately respond.

Tech firms, including Microsoft, have attempted to warm their ties with Trump during his second term in office. Many prominent tech leaders attended his inauguration in January and some have been hosted by him at the White House.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently visited the White House for a dinner that Trump had with tech leaders.

Trump and Republicans had previously complained of a bias against conservatives in the tech industry.

(Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa and Kanishka Singh in Washington; additional reporting Juby Babu in Mexico City; Editing by David Gregorio)