From NPR, story on the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who is clearly in over his head. Of course, Trump is full of shit again:
According to Trump, the general suggested the Islamic State could be defeated in a week. "One week? I was told two years," Trump said he asked. Caine explained that the issue was that his orders come from D.C. rather than being informed by the field.
"You're the first one to ask us our opinion," Caine told Trump, as the president recalled. "So I went back and I said, 'I'm going to get back to you soon, Razin. I think you're great,'" Trump said. "I like you, Razin Caine."
Trump referred to this encounter in Iraq again at last year's CPAC. But in this retelling, Caine asserted that the Islamic State could be defeated in four weeks, not one.
Trump then recalled the general saying, "'I love you, sir. I think you're great, sir. I'll kill for you, sir.' "
Some U.S. officials who were not authorized to speak publicly, and are familiar with the exchange, say that remark never happened.
Trump also claimed that Caine wore a "Make America Great Again" hat when they first met, a story Caine has since disputed.