You get the president to order him off his assignment.
But only the President, with special codes, can order an attack.
The new president ordered that the announcement be made only after he left the hospital.
The battle group did take some heavy damage, so the President has ordered them to return.
The president may even have ordered him to do it.
Hence, coordination is not something even a President can easily order.
Later, the story goes, the President ordered them personally shot by ministers and party leaders.
The president may order the use of nuclear weapons.
The president ordered an immediate investigation and was later confirmed to be true.
I don't think a president can order torture, for example.