Mattis Says He’s Honored To Be Named ‘World’s Most Overrated General’ By POTUS

Mattis served as Trump's defense secretary until he was unable to convince Trump not to pull the U.S. military out of Syria last year. Though Mattis said he would leave the Department of Defense at the end of February in his letter of resignation, Trump replaced him with then-Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan at the beginning of 2019.