Former Defense chief: I would have threatened to resign over Trump's transgender ban

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Source: The Hill

A former secretary of Defense on Friday blasted President Trump for his ban on transgender Americans serving in the armed forces and said that he would have threatened to resign over the order.

Former President Clinton Secretary of Defense William Cohen, who previously served as a Republican House lawmaker from Maine, told Sirius XM's "The Joe Madison Show" that Trump abused his power as president when he went around his Defense secretary, James Mattis.

"If you were the secretary of Defense and that tweet came out, what would you have done the next morning — or the next day?" host Joe Madison asked Cohen.

"I would have called the president, asked for a meeting with the president," Cohen responded. "Mr. President, before you ever make a tweet or send a tweet or make a decision without consulting me, then you'll find a new secretary of Defense."

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Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/344354-former-gop-defense-chief-i-would-have-threatened-to-resign-over-trumps

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1. Heard him on Madison's show this morning

Cohen appears often on Joe Madison's show and has provided some good perspective. Only thing was his comment about what he would have told Drumpf and the first thing out my mouth was that Drumpf wouldn't have given a shit what he threatened to do, and would have hustled him out the door.

I am guessing the remark was probably more directed to Mattis as a hint hint, as Cohen said that he is a friend of Mattis.

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2. Good for him. Hope Mattis sees the comment. I also think he should do what Cohen suggested. Trump

was very disrespectful to Matthis--and others such as the Joint Chief. Trump does this once and gets away with it, he will do it again.