Testy Trump Lashes Out at Female Reporter Asking About Epstein: 'Quiet Piggy!'

[demmiblue]

President Donald Trump escalated his war with the press, snapping “quiet, piggy” at a female reporter who attempted to ask about the Jeffrey Epstein files during a gaggle aboard Air Force One.

The remark, captured on a White House–released video,

https://www.thedailybeast.com/testy-trump-lashes-out-at-female-reporter-asking-about-epstein-quiet-piggy/

"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."

— Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) 2025-11-18T02:54:41.104Z

Piggy
(2016)

— Pat Bagley (@bagleycartoons.bsky.social) 2025-11-18T05:39:46.262Z

[murielm99]

1. Wow.

Just wow.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Maybe TSF thought he was on The Muppet Show.

[Martin Eden]

4. The real Miss Piggy would have let him have a piece of her mind, or the back of her hand

My first thought was Kermit should punch him in the face, but Froggy is too gentle a soul for that.

[gay texan]

21. "HiiiiYaaaaa!!!!!!" n/t

[newdeal2]

3. For folks wondering why we keep pushing Epstein

This is Exhibit A. He’s unhinged and acting like he has lots to hide.

[AllyCat]

5. Grrr! On full display what he thinks of women.

He’s a world-class creep.

[RockCreek]

6. Misogynistic piece of Sh-t

Get out of the oval office, and go to a dementia care nursing unit where you belong.

[not fooled]

26. Isn't lowering of inhibitions one of the signs of dementia?

Whatever inhibitions he might have once had are breaking down along with the rest of him. We're in for a real tour of the sewer that is his mind.

[Buddyzbuddy]

54. How would we notice the difference?

On day 1 of the campaign, he called a whole Country rapists and murderers.

[Justice matters.]

66. Looked like "Psycho" Projection from a thousand miles away... n/t

[RockCreek]

64. yup!!!

[ms liberty]

7. The rest of the press pool should have reacted to that.

[not fooled]

43. Oh, yeah. And only "testy"? Really?

"Unhinged" would have been a better choice. Soft-pedaling the madness, always.

[Mysterian]

44. That would require moral courage

Something that no corporate mass media reporter possesses.

[Emile]

8. What an evil pos. I wonder who the reporter was.

[Queso Delicioso]

9. What an ass.

Just once I wish someone would clap back at his dumb ass and put him in his place.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. So he's either cracking like an egg or it's just more performance art.

Honestly, I give that a solid 50/50. Six of one, half dozen of the other.

[BlueWavePsych]

11. Fight back ... Join the Mass Blackout!

https://www.themassblackout.com/

[Maru Kitteh]

40. Why is "no restaurants" on there twice? And what's a poccket?

No work? People can’t do that. Out here IRL, people can’t just not work. Just the ask is a little whiffy with privilege.

No events? If I go to a pot luck at the neighbors house with two other families, is that an event? Should I instead angrily decline, stand upon the ottoman and explain that my absence is a blow against the oligarchy?
What does “No projects” even mean?


I’m not against the sentiment, obviously, but this message is asking people to do what they cannot do, it asks for too much, for too long, and the requests are too broad and undefined. It becomes an unattainable, diffuse and disorganized mess. It can’t succeed because it’s not designed to succeed. It’s a setup for frustration.

[Randomthought]

48. Local restaurants are already struggling.

I always order holiday meals for us two from a local restaurant and will continue to do so.

[Prairie Gates]

12. The fact that the news agencies have not simply pulled their reporters from this beat

will be studied by historians.

How can anyone allow themselves to be treated that way?

If somebody said this to the person at the very bottom of the organization chart in my workplace they would be fired, period.

[FalloutShelter]

13. The 4th estate is dead.

Access… access…access.
Money…money…money
Thank you sir, may I have another?

[tanyev]

15. Yes, and it's not like their access is giving them actual news.

They are getting propaganda with the expectation that they will amplify it.

[agingdem]

36. exactly..

His so-called press conferences are a series of bloviating lies, threats, and degrading personal attacks..a grotesque kabuki theatre with a complicit unserious Trump ass-kissing press..

[leftstreet]

39. +1

[Hey Joe]

37. The fact that this no-class mook, this

chicken-shit thug , this psychopath is OUR president, is astonishing and a testament to how far America has fallen.

[Aviation Pro]

14. So

The fucking chomo got personal. My response would be:

“Fuck you, you fat, fucking pedophile.”

And then walk away.

[sop]

51. They should all start addressing him as President Childfucker...

[Billsdaughter]

16. Said the King of all Pigs

I hope the stress causes a massive stroke that renders him unable to speak, see or talk. Forever. Like a coma but you're awake.

I bet the reporter is pleased with both her question and his answer. She broke him like a twig with little effort. Proud of her!!!

[AllaN01Bear]

17. allan01bear BEHAVE, who me?? in a tiny tiny voice. oink oink

the ultimate redirection.

[cer7711]

18. Where were the other reporters and presidential handlers/aids?!

Everyone who heard that comment should have rushed to the woman's defense and immediately castigated Trump for his offensive vulagirty and inappropriateness.

"How dare you attack a woman's physical appearance in an attempt to erode her dignity? How dare you--the president of the United States--talk to another person like you're a smirking, bullying, despicable 13-yr-old? Shame! Shame on you, sir! Apologize--right now."

And shame on all those bystanders who witnessed this transaction who did and said nothing.

[orangecrush]

32. It's now normal

Total Idiocracy.

[twodogsbarking]

19. So this will be on the evening news?

[Ping Tung]

20. He and his cult believe that insulting women is being "Manly".

It also explains his collection of trophy wives.

[TommieMommy]

22. That's horrible 😡😡

[Fil1957]

23. Horrible maybe, but that attitude of his has endeared him to many of his supporters...

[pfitz59]

24. When is someone finally going to punch him in the face!

The supine press just takes it. Freaking bully.

[Wednesdays]

35. I always laugh when I see this.

[Diamond_Dog]

52. Really! He needs a punch in the face so badly!

Effing POS no class punk.

[democrank]

25. Trump with yet another unpresidential utterance

Degrading a woman….he’s a champ at it

[ColoringFool]

27. Short-fingered Vulgarian. N/T

[Farmer-Rick]

28. This is what happens when you let

Stupid psychopaths and pedophiles run the government. The king of pigs gets upset when asked about the news and lashes out at a nearby woman. King pigs like to attacks and bully the press for doing their job. How special.

[BattleRow]

29. Mr.Piggy

[Ray Bruns]

30. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

[Playingmantis]

31. His worshipers probably think this is hilarious..

just as they roared with laughter when he ridiculed a handicapped reporter.. Real funny stuff to them

[orangecrush]

34. Welcome to DU

Their "God King" is soiling his Depends.

She apparently hit a sore spot, and did it well

[MustLoveBeagles]

74. Welcome

[1WorldHope]

33. You couldn't pay me enough money to be in the same room with him.

What a piece of shit.

[azureblue]

38. Trump is a 5 year old brat

Name calling, insults, lies. Jeez. Get him out of office.

[Wiz Imp]

41. Who was the reporter?

[PatSeg]

47. I was wondering the same thing

[Wiz Imp]

70. wrong person

see post here: https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20814302

The evils of AI being demonstrated - it was grok which initially identified Jennifer Jacobs (incorrectly) but it has since been picked up by most of the internet - spreading misinformation to millions. All because AI got the facts wrong to begin with.

[demmiblue]

71. Thank you, I deleted my response!

[Martin68]

42. Wow!

[Kid Berwyn]

45. Monster

No good orange shitstain of a cowardly traitor beats up on women.

[mdbl]

46. And he wonders why normal people have no respect for him.

He's just a felonious asshole.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

49. Piggy says what

Piggy says what?

— JoJoFromJerz (@jojofromjerz.bsky.social) 2025-11-18T14:03:42.619Z

[niyad]

50. Dear Goddess, he just keeps getting worse and worse.

[pandr32]

53. I hope this wakes his defenders the hell up.

It is not fake news and it is not how a leader of our country should behave--ever.

[GoCubsGo]

56. His defenders love this kind of shit.

They are just as disgusting as Dear Leader.

[GoCubsGo]

55. Mr. 300+ lbs. doth project too much.

He must never look in the mirror.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

58. He claims he weighs 230

More like 320

[GoCubsGo]

59. I could see 230.

But, only if he was 4'7".

[Wiz Imp]

57. Correction: It was Catherine Lucey from Bloomberg

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/11/18/trump-female-reporter-piggy-epstein-questions/

Donald Trump told a female reporter to be “quiet, piggy” after she asked about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein on board Air Force One.

The US president was travelling to Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Friday when Catherine Lucey, a Bloomberg reporter, asked why he did not want to release the remaining Epstein files.

Ms Lucey said: “If there’s nothing incriminating in the files, sir, why not act?”

Mr Trump singled her out, pointed in her face and told her: “Quiet, quiet piggy.”

[gulliver]

60. If it's about behavior, not weight, then it's a fair ball

With Trump it could easily be about weight. So I don't know.

I do think he would rather the media fume about a personal insult to a reporter than highlight the Epstein files more.

[wolfie001]

62. fat orange imbecile

[RANDYWILDMAN]

63. So disgusting

this guy lusts after his own daughter

hates and mis treats all his wives (imagine what he says to his wives in private )

and hates pretty much all women in general, the smarter they are, the more hate they receive

[struggle4progress]

65. He's such a gentleman! Why do people suspect him of being a sexually-abusive asshole?

[Kablooie]

67. You're going to hear he thought her name was Peggy.

It’s an understandable mistake.
Anyone could get the names Catherine and Peggy mixed up.

[Emile]

69. He needs to be in federal prison.

[justsomeguy01]

72. just imagine ...

Imagine if that sub-human was your father ? As bad as your parents may have been, they were probably better than that guy.

[twodogsbarking]

73. What yuns all said times a bunch.

[PurgedVoter]

75. Here is an oldy, "What is the difference between a garbanzo and a chickpea?"

Trump won't let a garbanzo on his face.

Here is the difference, I am not currently the official face of this nation. When I say it, it's crude, stupid, funny, but it isn't what I would say as an official representing the United States. I would never repeat this sort of thing if I held an office. From a comic or another casual dude, it's all good. From the president, it ain't right. Since the same media went loony when Obama wore a color that they thought they could scream about, we have obvious reason to ignore anything the conservative media says. Now Krasnov does his daily lying obscene chatter and they give him a total pass.

Never listen to right wing nonsense. Not till they come clean and show that they have standards. Any standards at all. If they tell the truth, it's to sugar coat a lie. When did you last hear about balancing the budget? Oh yeah, back when an honest president was in office.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

76. Omg

[taxi]

77. His remark may be a big tell about his mental health.

He and his cronies, Epstein and others, undoubtedly used this type of language to devastate the innocent girls, kind of like boot camp. Tear you down to build you back up to fit the pattern. Imagine how hurtful those words would be to a teenager out in the world for the first time. He is rotten to the core, and now that he can no longer tell the difference between right and wrong the words that have always been there just come right out.

[trusty elf]

78. oink oink

[LetMyPeopleVote]

79. White House Tries to Defend Trump's 'Piggy' Insult

The White House is standing by an insult President Donald Trump hurled at a female reporter.

White House Tries to Defend Trump’s ‘Piggy’ Insult

www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-...

— Roger Cook (@rogerc91.bsky.social) 2025-11-19T01:45:25.837Z

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-defends-donald-trumps-piggy-comment/

The White House is not retreating from the intense backlash to President Donald Trump’s disparaging insult of a female reporter.

Trump, 79, drew outrage when he snapped at Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey for asking him a question about the notorious Jeffrey Epstein files on Friday.

“If there’s nothing incriminating in the files, sir, why not—” Lucey began to say as the president took questions aboard Air Force One.

Before she could finish, however, Trump pointed his finger at her and barked, “Quiet! Quiet, piggy.”

The remark was roundly blasted as “disgusting” in a torrent of criticism, including from CNN anchor Jake Tapper and former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson, but the White House seems unfazed.

“This reporter behaved in an inappropriate and unprofessional way toward her colleagues on the plane. If you’re going to give it, you have to be able to take,” a White House official told the Daily Beast.......

The testy exchanges are par for the course for Trump, who has a long history of hurling demeaning insults at women.

In 2017, The New York Times columnist Gail Collins recalled that Trump had sent her copies of her columns that he disliked, calling her a “dog and a liar” with “the face of a pig.”

In 2016, Latina beauty queen Alicia Machado, who won the Miss Universe title at age 19 when Trump co-owned the organization, recounted how he would call her “Miss Piggy” and “Miss Housekeeping.”

[LetMyPeopleVote]

80. MaddowBlog-Trump's 'piggy' comment extends his lengthy record of routine misogyny

When it comes to mistreating women, the president is who he appears to be.

Link to tweet

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-piggy-comment-extends-lengthy-record-routine-misogyny-rcna244852

A year later, the carnival continues. My MS NOW colleague Clarissa-Jan Lim reported on what happened when a female reporter pressed the president on his Jeffrey Epstein ties. From the report:

During a press gaggle on Air Force One on Friday, the reporter asked the president about one of the emails Epstein wrote about him that Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released last week. When she tried to follow up with a question about potentially incriminating details in the Epstein files, Trump pointed and said, “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.”

The White House made no effort to deny the accuracy of the quote, which was captured on video, telling MS NOW in a statement that the president’s target deserved the rebuke after engaging in “inappropriate and unprofessional” conduct......

Complicating matters, however, is the familiarity of the circumstances. Meidas News’ Ron Filipkowski put together a video montage that highlights examples of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters — just over the past few months.

Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-11-19T13:13:48.210Z

There were so many examples that Filipkowski soon after released a sequel.

Part 2

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-11-19T13:15:47.452Z

Trump is, in other words, exactly who he appears to be. He’s the man in the E. Jean Carroll case. He’s the one on the “Access Hollywood” recording. He’s the Republican who suggested some of the women who’ve accused him of sexual misconduct weren’t attractive enough to attack. He’s the politician who vowed to “protect” women from the White House “whether the women like it or not.”

He’s also the one who didn’t hesitate to shut down a reporter asking a reasonable question by calling her “piggy.”