NEW: Former Defense Secretary Gen. James Mattis roasts Pres. Trump: 'I earned my spurs on the battlefield.'
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis roasted his former boss at the Alfred E. Smith dinner in New York City on Thursday night.
Mattis took the stage at the annual dinner -- an opportunity to crack jokes about local and national politics -- with an introduction from comic legend Martin Short. "According to the president he’s the 'most overrated general,'" Short cracked in his intro."I think he’s an American hero."The rebuttal came a day after President Donald Trump called Mattis “the world’s most overrated general” during a meeting with lawmakers about the situation in Syria.One of the general's most biting jokes came in relation to Trump's infamous deferment of military service in Vietnam over alleged bone spurs in his feet.
The former secretary of defense directly referenced the"most overrated general" comment in a crack comparing himself to three-time Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep. "I'm not just an overrated general. I’m the world’s greatest overrated general," he joked."I'm honored to be called that by Donald Trump, because he also called Meryl Streep an overrated actor. So I guess I’m the Meryl Streep of generals."Mattis, who has been critical of many of Trump's foreign policy decisions since leaving office, also got serious for a moment Thursday, mentioning the U.S.'s Kurdish allies in Syria. He called for the U.S.
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