President Donald Trump’s pick to be chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff refused to lie for the president and instead threw his prospective boss under the bus at a confirmation hearing.
Retired Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine told a Senate committee on Tuesday morning that he was not wearing a red MAGA hat when he first met Trump in Iraq in 2018—after the president claimed he was.
“For 34 years, I’ve upheld my oath of office and my commitment to my commission,” Caine told Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican, according to Politico. “And I have never worn any political merchandise.”
It is refreshing to hear from a trump nominee who refuses to repeat a trump lies, unlike lies like there was no classified information in the signalgate texts, which of course was a lie. This man sounds like he would be willing to call trump down if he tried to invade another country (ally) in the coming months. Judging from his insane comments, such a scenario is not entirely off the table.