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demmiblue

(38,958 posts)
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 07:34 AM 7 hrs ago

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

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
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Testy Trump Lashes Out at Female Reporter Asking About Epstein: 'Quiet Piggy!' (Original Post) demmiblue 7 hrs ago OP
Wow. murielm99 6 hrs ago #1
Maybe TSF thought he was on The Muppet Show. no_hypocrisy 6 hrs ago #2
The real Miss Piggy would have let him have a piece of her mind, or the back of her hand Martin Eden 6 hrs ago #4
"HiiiiYaaaaa!!!!!!" n/t gay texan 4 hrs ago #21
For folks wondering why we keep pushing Epstein newdeal2 6 hrs ago #3
Grrr! On full display what he thinks of women. AllyCat 5 hrs ago #5
Misogynistic piece of Sh-t RockCreek 5 hrs ago #6
Isn't lowering of inhibitions one of the signs of dementia? not fooled 4 hrs ago #26
How would we notice the difference? Buddyzbuddy 1 hr ago #54
Looked like "Psycho" Projection from a thousand miles away... n/t Justice matters. 1 hr ago #66
yup!!! RockCreek 1 hr ago #64
The rest of the press pool should have reacted to that. ms liberty 5 hrs ago #7
Oh, yeah. And only "testy"? Really? not fooled 2 hrs ago #43
That would require moral courage Mysterian 2 hrs ago #44
What an evil pos. I wonder who the reporter was. Emile 5 hrs ago #8
What an ass. Queso Delicioso 5 hrs ago #9
So he's either cracking like an egg or it's just more performance art. Maru Kitteh 5 hrs ago #10
Fight back ... Join the Mass Blackout! BlueWavePsych 5 hrs ago #11
Why is "no restaurants" on there twice? And what's a poccket? Maru Kitteh 3 hrs ago #40
Local restaurants are already struggling. Randomthought 2 hrs ago #48
The fact that the news agencies have not simply pulled their reporters from this beat Prairie Gates 5 hrs ago #12
The 4th estate is dead. FalloutShelter 5 hrs ago #13
Yes, and it's not like their access is giving them actual news. tanyev 4 hrs ago #15
exactly.. agingdem 4 hrs ago #36
+1 leftstreet 3 hrs ago #39
The fact that this no-class mook, this Hey Joe 3 hrs ago #37
So Aviation Pro 5 hrs ago #14
They should all start addressing him as President Childfucker... sop 1 hr ago #51
Said the King of all Pigs Billsdaughter 4 hrs ago #16
allan01bear BEHAVE, who me?? in a tiny tiny voice. oink oink AllaN01Bear 4 hrs ago #17
Where were the other reporters and presidential handlers/aids?! cer7711 4 hrs ago #18
It's now normal orangecrush 4 hrs ago #32
So this will be on the evening news? twodogsbarking 4 hrs ago #19
He and his cult believe that insulting women is being "Manly". Ping Tung 4 hrs ago #20
That's horrible 😡😡 TommieMommy 4 hrs ago #22
Horrible maybe, but that attitude of his has endeared him to many of his supporters... Fil1957 4 hrs ago #23
When is someone finally going to punch him in the face! pfitz59 4 hrs ago #24
I always laugh when I see this. Wednesdays 4 hrs ago #35
Really! He needs a punch in the face so badly! Diamond_Dog 1 hr ago #52
Trump with yet another unpresidential utterance democrank 4 hrs ago #25
Short-fingered Vulgarian. N/T ColoringFool 4 hrs ago #27
This is what happens when you let Farmer-Rick 4 hrs ago #28
Mr.Piggy BattleRow 4 hrs ago #29
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Ray Bruns 4 hrs ago #30
His worshipers probably think this is hilarious.. Playingmantis 4 hrs ago #31
Welcome to DU orangecrush 4 hrs ago #34
You couldn't pay me enough money to be in the same room with him. 1WorldHope 4 hrs ago #33
Trump is a 5 year old brat azureblue 3 hrs ago #38
Who was the reporter? Wiz Imp 3 hrs ago #41
I was wondering the same thing PatSeg 2 hrs ago #47
This message was self-deleted by its author GoCubsGo 1 hr ago #61
Wow! Martin68 3 hrs ago #42
Monster Kid Berwyn 2 hrs ago #45
And he wonders why normal people have no respect for him. mdbl 2 hrs ago #46
Piggy says what LetMyPeopleVote 2 hrs ago #49
Dear Goddess, he just keeps getting worse and worse. niyad 1 hr ago #50
I hope this wakes his defenders the hell up. pandr32 1 hr ago #53
His defenders love this kind of shit. GoCubsGo 1 hr ago #56
Mr. 300+ lbs. doth project too much. GoCubsGo 1 hr ago #55
He claims he weighs 230 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 1 hr ago #58
I could see 230. GoCubsGo 1 hr ago #59
Correction: It was Catherine Lucey from Bloomberg Wiz Imp 1 hr ago #57
If it's about behavior, not weight, then it's a fair ball gulliver 1 hr ago #60
fat orange imbecile wolfie001 1 hr ago #62
So disgusting RANDYWILDMAN 1 hr ago #63
He's such a gentleman! Why do people suspect him of being a sexually-abusive asshole? struggle4progress 1 hr ago #65
You're going to hear he thought her name was Peggy. Kablooie 59 min ago #67

Martin Eden

(15,188 posts)
4. The real Miss Piggy would have let him have a piece of her mind, or the back of her hand
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 08:41 AM
6 hrs ago

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

newdeal2

(4,494 posts)
3. For folks wondering why we keep pushing Epstein
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 08:00 AM
6 hrs ago

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

RockCreek

(1,165 posts)
6. Misogynistic piece of Sh-t
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 08:50 AM
5 hrs ago

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

not fooled

(6,528 posts)
26. Isn't lowering of inhibitions one of the signs of dementia?
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:23 AM
4 hrs ago

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

(1,926 posts)
54. How would we notice the difference?
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 12:54 PM
1 hr ago

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

not fooled

(6,528 posts)
43. Oh, yeah. And only "testy"? Really?
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 11:46 AM
2 hrs ago

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

Mysterian

(6,077 posts)
44. That would require moral courage
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 11:55 AM
2 hrs ago

Something that no corporate mass media reporter possesses.

Maru Kitteh

(31,027 posts)
10. So he's either cracking like an egg or it's just more performance art.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 09:15 AM
5 hrs ago

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

Maru Kitteh

(31,027 posts)
40. Why is "no restaurants" on there twice? And what's a poccket?
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:50 AM
3 hrs ago

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

(972 posts)
48. Local restaurants are already struggling.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 12:30 PM
2 hrs ago

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

Prairie Gates

(6,846 posts)
12. The fact that the news agencies have not simply pulled their reporters from this beat
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 09:29 AM
5 hrs ago

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

(13,998 posts)
13. The 4th estate is dead.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 09:39 AM
5 hrs ago

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

tanyev

(48,321 posts)
15. Yes, and it's not like their access is giving them actual news.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 09:43 AM
4 hrs ago

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

agingdem

(8,706 posts)
36. exactly..
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:42 AM
4 hrs ago

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..

Hey Joe

(321 posts)
37. The fact that this no-class mook, this
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:43 AM
3 hrs ago

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

Aviation Pro

(15,074 posts)
14. So
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 09:40 AM
5 hrs ago

The fucking chomo got personal. My response would be:

“Fuck you, you fat, fucking pedophile.”

And then walk away.

Billsdaughter

(106 posts)
16. Said the King of all Pigs
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 09:48 AM
4 hrs ago

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!!!

cer7711

(596 posts)
18. Where were the other reporters and presidential handlers/aids?!
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 09:53 AM
4 hrs ago

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.

Ping Tung

(4,027 posts)
20. He and his cult believe that insulting women is being "Manly".
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:02 AM
4 hrs ago

It also explains his collection of trophy wives.

pfitz59

(12,092 posts)
24. When is someone finally going to punch him in the face!
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:18 AM
4 hrs ago

The supine press just takes it. Freaking bully.

democrank

(11,947 posts)
25. Trump with yet another unpresidential utterance
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:21 AM
4 hrs ago

Degrading a woman….he’s a champ at it

Farmer-Rick

(12,301 posts)
28. This is what happens when you let
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:26 AM
4 hrs ago

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.

Playingmantis

(502 posts)
31. His worshipers probably think this is hilarious..
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:32 AM
4 hrs ago

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

orangecrush

(27,604 posts)
34. Welcome to DU
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:36 AM
4 hrs ago

Their "God King" is soiling his Depends.

She apparently hit a sore spot, and did it well

Response to Wiz Imp (Reply #41)

mdbl

(7,788 posts)
46. And he wonders why normal people have no respect for him.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 12:03 PM
2 hrs ago

He's just a felonious asshole.

pandr32

(13,641 posts)
53. I hope this wakes his defenders the hell up.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 12:53 PM
1 hr ago

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

Wiz Imp

(8,193 posts)
57. Correction: It was Catherine Lucey from Bloomberg
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 12:58 PM
1 hr ago
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

(13,644 posts)
60. If it's about behavior, not weight, then it's a fair ball
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 01:01 PM
1 hr ago

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.

RANDYWILDMAN

(3,116 posts)
63. So disgusting
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 01:28 PM
1 hr ago

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

Kablooie

(19,016 posts)
67. You're going to hear he thought her name was Peggy.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 01:44 PM
59 min ago

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

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