Gen Mattis commits TREASON....When the potus gives an order, salute and say yes sir, General. (-:
Joint Chiefs: 'No modifications' to transgender policy from Trump tweet
Clearly you don't know the difference between "treason" and "insubordination." That said, last I heard, Mattis has said not that he won't implement the instruction but that he cannot implement it as given; thus there's also no insubordination afoot.
The Department of Defense is awaiting formal guidance from the White House as a follow-up to the Commander-in-Chief's announcement on military service by transgender personnel," Dana White said. "We will provide detailed guidance to the Department in the near future for how this policy change will be implemented.
"The Department will continue to focus on our mission of defending our nation and on-going operations against our foes, while ensuring all servicemembers are treated with respect," she added.
Be that as it may, I don't know that a tweet constitutes
a legal order in the sense of what it means for a POTUS to issue an order to generals or anyone else. I suspect it does not. A tweet seems more akin to a monarchical/dictatorial fiat. At best it is an announcement, not an order.
Of course, a tweet can be converted into a legal order. I don't know that Trump has or has not done so. There is also the matter of implementability. It doesn't matter much what someone orders if the instruction cannot be effected based on the information provided.
The White House will work with the Department of Defense and all of the relevant parties to make sure that we fully implement this policy moving forward and do so in a lawful manner. They are going to have to work out the details.
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Sara Huckabee-Sanders
The POTUS and his top appointees are not magi. They have no magic wand to wave and make their desires and instructions come to fruition.