Newsday | Wednesday, November 26, 2025 
Gen Caine, Kamla discuss regional crime

CHAIRMAN of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, completed a whirlwind visit to Trinidad and Tobago on November 25, spending approximately three hours in this country after he flew in specifically to meet with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Caine’s itinerary called for a visit to Puerto Rico, where the US has amassed more than a dozen warships and 15,000 troops as part of a hub for its strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats originating from Venezuela, to meet with US troops and engage with service members. However, his itinerary changed and he included a brief visit to Port of Spain for a face-to-face meeting with Persad-Bissessar. The top military advisor to US President Trump and US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, arrived at Piarco International Airport at 11 am aboard a US government aircraft and went straight to the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s. There, Caine met with Persad-Bissessar, Attorney General John Jeremie, SC, Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander, Defence Minister Wayne Sturge, Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Barry Padarath, Chief of Defence Staff, Commodore Don Polo, and Commanding Officer of the TT Regiment, Colonel Dwayne Edwards. The meeting lasted less than two hours after which Caine left and…Read more