Donald Trump hits back at 'over-rated' Meryl Streep calling her a 'Hillary flunky who lost big'

President-elect Donald Trump has hit back at Meryl Streep, who made the Republican a big topic of her speech when accepting a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes.

Without mentioning President-elect Trump by name, Streep on called out the Republican's "performance" on the campaign trail in which he flailed his arms and appeared to mock a disabled New York Times reporter.

She said Mr Trump's actions "kind of broke my heart".

In a series of tweets on Monday morning, President-elect Trump called Streep "one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood" and a "Hillary flunky who lost big".

Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn't know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes. She is a.....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 9, 2017

Hillary flunky who lost big. For the 100th time, I never "mocked" a disabled reporter (would never do that) but simply showed him.......

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 9, 2017

He also said he was not mocking the reporter, but instead was showing him "grovelling" about changing a story he had written.

"groveling" when he totally changed a 16 year old story that he had written in order to make me look bad. Just more very dishonest media!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 9, 2017

Streep's remarks drew a backlash from some conservatives, even from Trump critic Meghan McCain - who tweeted that Streep's speech was "why Trump won".