Don’t pick a fight with Jim Mattis

Fox News reports:

Former Defense Secretary James Mattis poked fun at himself and President Trump at the 74th annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York City on Thursday night, a day after the president called Mattis “the world’s most overrated general.”

Mattis was of course picked by Trump to be Secretary of Defence. He joined the Marine Corps at age 18, was a 2nd lieutenant at age 21. At age 40 he was a lieutenant colonel in Operation Desert Shield. At age 53 he commanded the First Marine Division in Iraq as a Major General. After that he was made a full General and NATO Supreme Commander for Transformation, US Joint Forces Commander and US Central Command Commander.

So how did he respond to Trump’s insult?

Mattis, who resigned last December after clashing with Trump on the president’s Syria policy, said he was honored by the “overrated” remark because Trump “also called Meryl Streep an overrated actress.”
“So I guess I’m the Meryl Streep of generals,” Mattis joked, “and frankly that sounds pretty good to me.”

Superb.