Mattis Roasts Trump By Invoking Bone Spurs, Meryl Streep

President Donald Trump and former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis roasted President Donald Trump at the Al Smith dinner in New York City on Thursday, according to ABC News. 

“I’m not just an overrated general. I’m the world’s greatest overrated general,” Mattis joked a day after Trump called him that during a meeting with lawmakers. “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 also made a crack about bone spurs, Trump’s excuse for avoiding the Vietnam War draft.

“I earned my spurs on the battlefield; Donald Trump earned his spurs in a letter from a doctor,” he said.

He threw in a jab at the President’s affinity for free time and golfing.

“It’s been a year since I’ve left the administration, the recovery process is going well,” he joked. “The counselor says I’ll graduate soon. A year according to White House time is about 9,000 hours of executive time or 1,800 holes of golf.”

Mattis left the administration in December 2018, saying Trump should find “a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours.” The last straw then for Mattis was Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.

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  1. Ouch! Kiss and make it better?

  2. Avatar for nycabj nycabj says:

    So cute, showing off what a good guy he really is. How about talking substantively and seeing how you can help with the impeachment instead of trying to charm your way out of your association with Trump? Yes, you left. Now stand up and do something beyond saving your own skin.

  3. Avatar for jmacaz jmacaz says:

    Soon the best slur against anyone should be you are the Donald tRump of _________

  4. Jokes pretty good. Delivery needs some work.

    Now, tell the Congress and the country what you really know.

  5. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    It’s nice that Jim Mattis is willing to talk trash about Trump like a middle school mean girl, but his silence about matters of import shames his service.

    Still waiting on the meat, Jim.

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