Jennings to CNN Co-Panel: Extremely Dangerous to Suggest that Military Should Be Independent and Bureaucracy Should Resist Trump

JENNINGS Both of you ░░░░░░░░ an interesting point which ░░░░░░░░ that your view is ░░░░░░░░ Trump is shredding the ░░░░░░░░ I d like to ░░░░░░░░ more about that but ░░░░░░░░ it seems to me ░░░░░░░░ you all both believe ░░░░░░░░ the unelected part of ░░░░░░░░ government the bureaucracy has ░░░░░░░░ responsibility to resist the ░░░░░░░░ leadership Is that your ░░░░░░░░ Johnson That s not ░░░░░░░░ what we said TOUR ░░░░░░░░ s not at all ░░░░░░░░ I said Johnson We ░░░░░░░░ they are upholding the ░░░░░░░░ the principles of the ░░░░░░░░ And at times JENNINGS ░░░░░░░░ is Trump shredding the ░░░░░░░░ Johnson My God TOUR ░░░░░░░░ mean seriously Do we ░░░░░░░░ to give you a ░░░░░░░░ lesson that we have ░░░░░░░░ I don t know ░░░░░░░░ that we have that ░░░░░░░░ put all power in ░░░░░░░░ executive Branch the legislative ░░░░░░░░ the FBI now we ░░░░░░░░ in control of the ░░░░░░░░ we re silencing media ░░░░░░░░ is what you do ░░░░░░░░ a dictatorship JENNINGS Are ░░░░░░░░ are you suggesting that ░░░░░░░░ president is not the ░░░░░░░░ in chief of the ░░░░░░░░ TOUR I am suggesting ░░░░░░░░ the president is going ░░░░░░░░ put in charge somebody ░░░░░░░░ is going to contravene ░░░░░░░░ Constitution And at some ░░░░░░░░ point this conversation will ░░░░░░░░ very silly for you ░░░░░░░░ it will be obvious ░░░░░░░░ right now you re ░░░░░░░░ before we get to ░░░░░░░░ actual rubber of the ░░░░░░░░ of this It will ░░░░░░░░ clear JENNINGS I m ░░░░░░░░ in this conversation He ░░░░░░░░ going to put someone ░░░░░░░░ charge who will contravene ░░░░░░░░ Constitution Like who What ░░░░░░░░ you mean by that ░░░░░░░░ president is in charge ░░░░░░░░ the military is he ░░░░░░░░ You said he s ░░░░░░░░ to put someone in ░░░░░░░░ of the military PHILLIP ░░░░░░░░ president is in charge ░░░░░░░░ the military That is ░░░░░░░░ it works JENNINGS This ░░░░░░░░ this is important conversation ░░░░░░░░ Yeah I mean that ░░░░░░░░ why I m letting ░░░░░░░░ have it Yeah I ░░░░░░░░ I think it is ░░░░░░░░ because there is this ░░░░░░░░ that Trump does want ░░░░░░░░ push the boundaries of ░░░░░░░░ is what is in ░░░░░░░░ constitutional lane And his ░░░░░░░░ secretary said that apparently ░░░░░░░░ signed an executive order ░░░░░░░░ that only he and ░░░░░░░░ attorney general get to ░░░░░░░░ what the law is ░░░░░░░░ that s the type ░░░░░░░░ thing that I think ░░░░░░░░ Trump has said that ░░░░░░░░ caused people to question ░░░░░░░░ does he mean by ░░░░░░░░ JENNINGS I don t ░░░░░░░░ he has done anything ░░░░░░░░ the first month that ░░░░░░░░ outside the bounds of ░░░░░░░░ power vested in him ░░░░░░░░ the Constitution He was ░░░░░░░░ president We according to ░░░░░░░░ Constitution vest all executive ░░░░░░░░ in a president And ░░░░░░░░ concept that the military ░░░░░░░░ be an independent agency ░░░░░░░░ that the bureaucracy should ░░░░░░░░ the political leadership of ░░░░░░░░ government is extraordinarily dangerous ░░░░░░░░ That s not what ░░░░░░░░ said That s just ░░░░░░░░ straw man Johnson That ░░░░░░░░ literally not what we ░░░░░░░░ JENNINGS I m just ░░░░░░░░ back to you your ░░░░░░░░ words Johnson I did ░░░░░░░░ say resist I know ░░░░░░░░ I say resist PHILLIP ░░░░░░░░ m going to pivot ░░░░░░░░ a little bit because ░░░░░░░░ think we re kind ░░░░░░░░ getting in a circling ░░░░░░░░ drain here.”