Nothing Says ‘I’m Def Not Worried About the Epstein Files’ Like Telling a Female Reporter ‘Quiet, Piggy’
Trump lashed out at a female reporter on Air Force One after she asked about possible “incriminating” evidence.
Politics
On Thursday, we informed you that more women than ever are interested in leaving the U.S. On Friday, President Trump gave us, like, the 729th trillion reason why.
Trump was traveling from Washington, D.C. to his Mar-a-Lago house of sins when he spoke to some reporters aboard Air Force One. But things got bad when Catherine Lucey from Bloomberg asked Trump if there was “anything incriminating in the [Epstein] files,” to which he replied, “Quiet, quiet piggy,” while wagging his finger back and forth.
BLOOMBERG REPORTER: “If there’s nothing incriminating in the Epstein files why not…?”
TRUMP: “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.” 😕
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Lucey has not commented on the video publicly, and honestly, she’s a better person than me for that. Because if a lardon-shaped gammon called me a piggy, that’d be my last fucking straw.
Have to wonder if he called his wives or Ivanka “piggy” (or worse)
— Asha Rangappa (@asharangappa.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Obviously, this is far from the first time Trump’s been called out for calling women swine. In 1996, during his creepy tenure as owner of the Miss Universe Organization, he reportedly called Alicia Machado (the literal winner of Miss Universe) “Miss Piggy.” Around that time, he also sent Gail Collins, a New York Times journalist, a copy of her reporting and wrote in the margins that she had the “face of a pig.” And during a dial-in on Good Morning LA in 2006, he called Rosie O’Donnell a “fat pig,” which he then defended while speaking to Megyn Kelly in 2016. (In the meanest possible way… has he checked the mirror lately?!) During the presidential campaign in 2016, Hillary Clinton said of him, “This is a man who has called women pigs, slobs, and dogs.” If only we knew! (And of course, it’s nothing to do with pigs, but that whole “grab em by the pussy” bit wasn’t great either.)
“quiet piggy” pic.twitter.com/9U3soeAg2Z
— ໊ (@buffys) November 18, 2025
But for the sudden outburst, we can assume President Porker was just really, really stressed. Only two days before, Democrats from the House Oversight Committee released more-than-damning emails further tying Trump to Epstein; and that same day, Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) was finally sworn in, making her the last signatory needed to pressure the Justice Department to release the files in full. So to ask Trump if there was anything “incriminating” in the Epstein files clearly touched a nerve—and made him squeal.
Like what you just read? You’ve got great taste. Subscribe to Jezebel, and for $5 a month or $50 a year, you’ll get access to a bunch of subscriber benefits, including getting to read the next article (and all the ones after that) ad-free. Plus, you’ll be supporting independent journalism—which, can you even imagine not supporting independent journalism in times like these? Yikes.