Trump also recalled asking the general his name, to which the president said Caine replied, “Razin.” After Trump asked for his last name, he reportedly replied: “Caine, Razin Caine.”.
The general first met Trump in 2019] “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 Friday on Truth Social.
President Donald Trump has nominated Lt. Gen. Dan ‘Razin’ Caine to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after firing General Charles Q.
Trump said Caine replied: “‘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.’” “‘They won’t know what the hell hit them.’”.
Caine and Trump first met in 2019, the president recalled during a Conservative Political Action Conference speech.