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>> reporter: president trump said he stopped the navy from taking away the trident pin, which identifies gallagher as a navy seal, in order to stand up for warriors on the battlefield. >> they wanted to take his pin away. i said, no, you're not going to take it away. he's a great fighter. we're going to protect our war fighters. >> i don't think he understands the full definition of a war fighter. a war fighter is a profession of arms. and a profession of arms has to be standards that they have to be held to and they hold themselves to. >> reporter: gallagher will be retired as a seal despite ...

Of the navy under president obama and eugene robinson, columnist at the washington post. go at it. what does military justice mean, what does honor mean? what is the president doing here? >> well, everything you see is bad. up can't spin this in a good way. throw accountability out of the window. throw military justice out the window. dishonor of tens of thousands of americans who have served in both these theaters and served well and didn't think it was necessary to break the law or commit war crimes. and then if you can reach down and tell a unit like the seals, i'm going to decide who's in ...

Navy secretary richard spencer is slamming the commander in chief over his decision to intervene in the case of a navy s.e.a.l. accused of war crimes. president trump said on twitter, quote, i will always protect our great war fighters, i've got your backs. in an interview, spencer says the president doesn't know what he's talking about. >> what message does it send to the troops? >> what message does it send? >> that you can get away with things. i don't think he understands the full definition of a war fighter. a war fighter is a profession of arms. a profession of arms has standards they ha...

Should be withdrawn. this is happened more than 150 times over the last eight years. the navy takes discipline so seriously in these elite units, there was an absolutely strict and clear order. once a month somebody gets a pin taken away in a peer review process. that's what the president intervened in. last week he tweeted that this board should not meet to decide gallagher's fate as an s.e.a.l., that he's a war fighter and i want his trident pin maintained. that really upset spencer and it upset many, many senior commanders in the navy who felt this was direct interference in their ability t...

(acapella) ahhhh! (acapella) shhhh! (avo) nyquil severe with vicks vapocool. the vaporizing, nighttime, coughing, aching, stuffy head, best sleep with a cold, medicine. with eddie gallagher, they wanted to take his pin away. i said you're not going to take it away. he was a great fighter. he was one of the ultimate fighters. tough guy. these are not weak people. these are tough people. we're going to protect our war fighters. >> i don't think he understand the definition of war fighter. it's a profession of arms. a profession of arms have standards that they have to be held to and hold thems...