At the announcement of President Trump, Dan Kane, the retired general of the Air Force, made an impression on him when the two men first met in 2018.
The general told the president that the Islamic nation is not so harsh, that it could be defeated in a week, and that it could be defeated rather than two years, as senior advisers predicted, Trump said in 2019. He spoke.
And at a conservative political action conference last year, Trump said General Kane wore the great American hat while he met him in Iraq. (General Cain told his aide that he had never worn a Maga hat.)
On Friday, Trump said he would nominate General Kane after firing Charles Q. Brown Jr., a four-star fighter pilot known as the CQ.
“Today, I am honored to announce that I have appointed Lt. General Dan Razin Kane as the next chairman of the Co-State,” Trump said in the A. True Social Message. “General Caine is a ‘fighter’ with skilled pilots, national security experts, successful entrepreneurs, and experience in important interagency and special operations. ”
General Cain graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1990 and received a degree in economics. He later earned a master’s degree in air combat from the US Military College.
General Caine’s career, an F-16 pilot with 150 combat flight times, took him on an unusual path for future Air Force Generals.
He was a White House Fellow in the Agriculture Department and a counterterrorism expert on the White House Homeland Security Council under President George W. Bush. He served as assignments for some very secret intelligence and special operations. Some served in the US and overseas.
According to his military biographies, General Kane was a part-time member of the Air Force Security Force from 2009 to 2016 and was a “serial entrepreneur and investor.”
He was also the CIA’s Associate Director of Military Affairs from 2021 to 2024, serving as the main liaison to the Pentagon, working with the military on several highly classified programs and operations, former colleagues said. I stated.
Former military central commander General Kenneth F. Mackenzie Jr. described General Kane as “an exceptionally talented officer.” General Mackenzie worked closely with the general on the CIA assignment and said it was “very effective in the job.”
While in the CIA in 2023, General Kane said on September 11, 2001, as chief of weapons and tactics attached to the 121st Fighter Squadron at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland suburbs of Washington, on September 11, 2001. provided a reflection. , fighter jets were deployed to Washington for the first time.
“We started jumping into the plane,” General Kane recalled, reflecting on September 11th. Posted “When my plane came back to life, the generators were online and the radio was ballistic. People on the emergency channel said, “Everyone around Washington, DC will be shot down.” I did. I remembered what I thought to myself: “Wait. I’m the one who’s going to film.”
“The weapons were loaded on my plane, so I had a 20mm gun and two heat-seeking missiles,” he continued. “I was in the air for about 7.5-8 hours that day.”
The way Trump told the time he met General Cain changed over time. His first known public tells the story, At the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conferencehe said they met during their visit to Iraq.
“I said, ‘What’s your name?'” Trump recalled. “Sir, my name is Rajn.”
“‘Raisins like fruit?'” asked Trump. “What is your last name?”
“‘Kane,'” Trump said it was the officer’s response. “Razin Kane.” ”
That was when Trump told the general that he told him he could defeat the Islamic state in a week.
“‘A week?” said Trump asked incredibly. “I was told for two years!”
“‘We’ll only hit them from a temporary base in Syria, but if you give us permission, we’ll let them from behind, from the side, and from the base you were right now He was able to hit, Sirt Trump quoted him as saying, “‘They don’t know what they attacked.’
Trump also said that General Kane, whose boss came from Washington, has not heard of their commander on the field, and “You are the first to ask us what we think.” He said he said he said.
Five years later, Trump spoke about the interlude at another CPAC meeting. Now, Trump said General Cain has promised that there could be a defeat in four weeks, not just one Islamic state.
The president also added new details, claiming that General Kane wore a Maga hat despite military guidelines that active duty forces should not wear political equipment.
“I love you, sir. I think you’re amazing, sir. Mr. Trump said, General Kane. “Then he wore the greatest American hat again,” Trump laughed. I said. “You’re not allowed to do that, but they did.”
