Former U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis is embracing the “world's most overrated general' moniker lobbed by President Trump: 'He also called Meryl Streep an overrated actress,' Mattis said. 'So I guess I'm the Meryl Streep of generals.'
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, center, delivers the keynote address during the 74th Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in New York.
Speaking at a New York charity event Thursday the day after Trump demeaned him as “the world’s most overrated general,” Mattis joked that he took it as a compliment. “I’m honored to be considered that by Donald Trump because he also called Meryl Streep an overrated actress,” he said. “So I guess I’m the Meryl Streep of generals, and frankly that sounds pretty good to me.”a contentious White House meetingThe meeting was intended to be a bipartisan discussion of Trump’s decision to pull U.S. forces from northern Syria,Before the walkout, Trump disparaged Mattis, who hadthat U.S. troops were needed in Syria to prevent a resurgence of Islamic State fighters.
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