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He's a real general, not a television general,
Today, I am honored to announce that I am nominating Air Force Lieutenant General Dan 'Razin' Caine to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Caine is an accomplished pilot, national security expert, successful entrepreneur, and a "warfighter" with significant interagency and special operations experience,
General Caine embodies the warfighter ethos and is exactly the leader we need to meet the moment. I look forward to working with him. The outgoing Chairman, Gen. Charles 'CQ' Brown, Jr., USAF, has served with distinction in a career spanning four decades of honorable service. I have come to know him as a thoughtful adviser and salute him for his distinguished service to our country,
Dictators or wannabe kings fire generals who don't agree with their politics. This isn't a banana republic. What Trump and Hegseth are doing is un-American, unpatriotic. It's definition of politicizing our military, and we should expect to see loyalty oaths (not to the Constitution) and worse coming soon."
Representative Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat, called out Trump on X, formerly Twitter This is just awful. I have had the honor of working with and meeting many Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs over the decades. General CQ Brown was one the finest of them all, especially suited for the challenges of our current era of great power competition with China."
Michael McFaul, U.S. ambassador to Russia under former President Barack Obama, wrote on X There is no reason to fire the CJCS other than Trump's desire to politicize the military. This weakens our country."
Former Democratic Senate candidate Amy McGrath posted to X We’re only hitting them from a temporary base in Syria, but if you gave us permission, we could hit them from the back, from the side, from all over, from the base you’re right on right now, sir.’ ... ‘The ... They won’t know what the hell hit them.’
Razin.” ... Caine, Razin Caine.”
Trump also recalled asking the general his name, to which the president said Caine replied ... After Trump asked for his last name, he reportedly replied I want to thank General Charles ‘CQ’ Brown for his over 40 years of service to our country, including as our current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
I love you, sir. I think you’re great, sir. I’ll kill for you, sir.”
At last year's CPAC conference, Trump recounted how Caine had once pledged his loyalty, saying You think C.Q. Brown will think intuitively about external threats and internal readiness? No chance,
I was very mindful that if we made a mistake or if we got it wrong or if we missed somebody and we did not shoot, the consequences of that could be catastrophic,
Caine, who has also flown the T-37 and T-38 aircraft, said in an article posted on the CIA website We started moving around as a kid. So I felt like this was something that I really, really, really wanted to do, was fly jets in the Air Force,
They all put on the Make America Great Again hat. Not supposed to do it,
Trump said during a speech last year Under President Trump, we are putting in place new leadership that will focus our military on its core mission of deterring, fighting and winning wars,
But not anymore! Alongside Secretary Pete Hegseth, General Caine and our military will restore peace through strength, put America First, and rebuild our military,
It was done in record setting time, a matter of weeks. Many so-called military ‘geniuses’ said it would take years to defeat ISIS,
The incumbents in these important roles, Admiral Lisa Franchetti and General James Slife, respectively, have had distinguished careers,
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