Former Defense Secretary James “Mad Dog” Mattis joked Thursday that he’s the “Meryl Streep of generals” while making light of criticism reportedly lobbed at him by President Trump.

The four-star general likened himself to the award-winning actress a day after Trump called him “the world’s most overrated general” in a meeting with congressional Democrats about Turkey’s invasion of Syria.

“I’m honored to be considered that by Donald Trump because he also called Meryl Streep an overrated actress. So I guess I’m the Meryl Streep of generals,” Mattis said during a speech at the Al Smith Dinner in Manhattan, eliciting applause from the crowd.

Mattis served as the keynote speaker at the annual charity dinner, which honors the four-time governor of New York in the 1920s.