President Trump fired Joint Chiefs Chairman Charles Q. Brown Jr. and replaced him with nominee Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, who must be confirmed by the Senate.
“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,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “General Caine is an accomplished pilot, national security expert, successful entrepreneur, and a ‘warfighter’ with significant interagency and special operations experience.”
Brown became associated with the military’s diversion into the diversity-equity-inclusion mandates of the Biden Administration. He had been Trump’s nominee to serve as Air Force chief of staff during the first Trump Administration.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also said he has removed Adm. Lisa Franchetti, chief of naval operations, and the Air Force vice chief of staff, Gen. James Slife.
Trump said that Caine had been “instrumental” in the “complete annihilation” of the ISIS caliphate.
“It was done in record setting time, a matter of weeks. Many so-called military ‘geniuses’ said it would take years to defeat ISIS. General Caine, on the other hand, said it could be done quickly, and he delivered,” Trump wrote.
“I have also directed Secretary Hegseth to solicit nominations for five additional high level positions, which will be announced soon,” Trump said.
I pray President Trump maintains the momentum. Push back the forces of evil that have permeated our nation and world.
No doubt that General Brown will soon take a position on the Raytheon board. Time to get in on the big money.
Good.
I think spell check may have caught you out on his nickname, Suzanne. Check the first sentence.
Yes, you are correct. Spellcheck was all over that one. – sd