James Mattis has fun with Trump's 'overrated' dig: 'I'm the Meryl Streep of generals'
Politics,Polarization,James Mattis,Donald Trump
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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.”
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