Last night was the Al Smith dinner in New York and General Mattis was the entertainment for the evening, roasting Trump for calling him “the world’s most overrated general”:
“I’ve earned my spurs on the battlefield…and Donald Trump earned his spurs in a letter from a doctor.” Former Defense Secretary James Mattis makes light of Pres. Trump calling him “the world’s most overrated general,” speaking at the Al Smith dinner in NY https://t.co/Y5G8Pls7ya pic.twitter.com/vK5yRmwkr9
— CNN (@CNN) October 18, 2019
Ok that’s pretty funny.
Hopefully Trump has a good sense of humor about it and let’s Mattis have this one.
Here’s something more serious that Mattis said last night:
Gen. Mattis on the American political landscape: “We have brushed aside the possibility the person with whom we disagree might actually sometimes be right … The surest path to catastrophe is to ignore our better angels and sever those bonds of affection." pic.twitter.com/mnXQi5PW2Z
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 18, 2019