The former Secretary of Defense responded to President Donald Trump calling him 'the world's most overrated general' by calling himself 'the Meryl Streep of generals.'
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"I'm not just an overrated general. I'm the most overrated general," said Mattis."I'm honored to be considered that by Donald Trump because he also called Meryl Streep an overrated actress. So I guess I'm the Meryl Streep of generals, and frankly that sounds pretty good to me." Mattis later referred to himself as his nickname,"Mad Dog," saying that he has"turned over a kinder, gentler leaf" and now likes to think of himself as"less of a mad dog and more of an emotional support animal."Streep in a series of tweets, after the actress had criticized him at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards, calling her a"Hillary flunky" and"one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood.
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