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Zorro

(18,204 posts)
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:43 PM Tuesday

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

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.

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

Ya just gotta check out the top photo at the link...

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White House Tries to Defend Trump's 'Piggy' Insult (Original Post) Zorro Tuesday OP
LOLOL leftstreet Tuesday #1
So then they should be able to disparage him newdeal2 Tuesday #2
The photo is great. I still want to know why the offended reporter did not have support from her other reporters Deuxcents Tuesday #3
He now salutes horses? NameAlreadyTaken Tuesday #4
I was waiting for "He said Peggy. He thought her name louis-t Tuesday #5
Salute to Bubba lame54 Tuesday #6
I heard of "Boo Boo The Fool" Montauk6 Thursday #7

newdeal2

(4,523 posts)
2. So then they should be able to disparage him
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:48 PM
Tuesday

Let’s see if that thin skin dotard can handle it.

Deuxcents

(24,895 posts)
3. The photo is great. I still want to know why the offended reporter did not have support from her other reporters
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:51 PM
Tuesday

Why didn’t they just sit down and take the ride home? No one stood up for her when solidarity would have said a lot to the bully. This is not the first time for this behavior and they can end it.

Montauk6

(9,292 posts)
7. I heard of "Boo Boo The Fool"
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 02:16 PM
Thursday

Never occurred to me the hookup was with “Bubba The Foal”!

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