Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on Wednesday blasted President-elect Donald Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE, slamming his attitude toward his critics and his frequent habit of attacking opponents on Twitter.

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Reich then proceeded to attack Trump for threatening to terminate the Air Force One contract with Boeing, accusing Trump of targeting the company in response to harsh words from its CEO.

"This isn't lifting people up. This is actually penalizing people for speaking their minds. What you did with Boeing the other day, minutes after the CEO of Boeing was quoted as saying that you, Mr. Trump ... were wrong on international trade, what did you do? You tweeted that Boeing should have an order canceled, where you called it a $4 billion order," he said.

"So what you, Mr. Trump, would like is for no one, not a CEO, not nobody on television, no journalist, nobody to criticize you. You take offense at that. Well you are going to be president very shortly. You are going to have at you command not just Twitter but also the CIA, the IRS, the FBI. If you have this kind of thin-skinned vindictiveness attitude toward anybody who criticizes you we are in very deep trouble, and, sir, so are you."