Mattis, who usually just stays silent, has finally taken a shot back at Trump:
“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://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2019/10/18/james-mattis-jokes-about-president-trumps-bone-spurs-at-the-al-smith-dinner/While I've come to, if not accept, at least ignore Trump's Junior High name calling regarding his opponents, it still irritates me when he does it to people from his own administration* that he was earlier praising as, "The greatest ever!" He went from having a schoolboy crush on Mattis to saying some pretty stupid stuff about how crappy he is, while he (Trump) is the greatest military strategist the world has ever known. Now Mattis took careful aim and sent one downrange.
* The Mooch and Omarosa deserved it, but they should never have gotten anywhere near the White House in the first place. People like Mattis and Tillerson deserve a bit more respect, especially since unlike Mooch and Omarosa, they were showing respect and mostly staying silent when they parted ways with the administration (or the administration parted ways with them).