Acknowledging that Mr. Mnuchin has already said he would not step down, the Riverdale alumni urged him to speak out more clearly against hate groups. Mr. Cohn’s warm relationship with Mr. Trump has since turned frosty. “I’ve known him a long time, he is a very straight shooter,” Mr. Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Thursday. After the Yale alumni told Mr. Mnuchin that he had a moral obligation to quit Mr. Trump’s cabinet, Mr. Mnuchin issued a statement denouncing hate, defending the president and refusing to quit. The inquiry about using a military aircraft for his honeymoon, Mr. Mnuchin said, was out of a concern for national security.

Source: New York Times September 15, 2017 16:56 UTC