Mattis responds to Trump criticism: 'I guess I'm the Meryl Streep of generals' (VIDEO)

[highplainsdem]

Article at The Hill, with video:


https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/466404-mattis-responds-to-trump-criticism-i-guess-im-the-meryl-streep-of

Former Defense secretary James Mattis responded to the President Trump calling him “the world’s most overrated general” during a meeting with Congressional leaders Wednesday.

“I’m not just an overrated general. I’m the greatest, the world’s most overrated," Mattis told the audience at the Al Smith Memorial Foundation dinner Thursday. Mattis was the keynote speaker at the 74th annual event.

"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 continued.

But Mattis didn’t stop there with his jabs at the president.

“And you do have to admit that between me and Meryl, at least we’ve had some victories,” he joked.

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Editing to include an ABC tweet with slightly longer video:

Link to tweet

[democratisphere]

1. Great analogy with Mattis and Streep.

drumpf is the king of all really bad actors.

[keithbvadu2]

2. Donald does respect some generals

Donald does respect some generals



Kim knows Dotard has arrived.

[dalton99a]

3. +1

[obamanut2012]

6. To this day, I cannot believe he did that

I mean, I can, but I also can't.

[Gothmog]

4. "I earned my spurs on the battlefield."

Link to tweet

[CTyankee]

5. I'll bet Meryl got a laugh out of that...