India, Feb. 23 -- President Donald Trump picked Dan Caine, a former three-star lieutenant general in the US Air Force who once asserted that ISIS could be eliminated in a week, to succeed Charles "CQ" Brown following his firing from the post of chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Trump in a post on his own social media platform, Truth Social, announced the dismissal of Brown and nomination of General Caine to be the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

"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," the POTUS wrote.

Trump further hailed Caine as "an accomplished pilot, national security expert, successful entrepreneur, and a...