"President Donald Trump's social media defenders are fighting hoof and nail to quell controversy surrounding a juvenile insult the commander-in-chief hurled at a reporter last week. Trump raised eyebrows around the world late last week after he snapped, Quiet, quiet piggy at a reporter inquiring about the recent Jeffrey Epstein email dump, specifically what Epstein meant when he wrote that Trump knew about the girls."
"The Trump administration later defended Trump's swine-inspired swipe at Lucey, saying in a statement, This reporter behaved in an inappropriate and unprofessional way towards her colleagues on the plane. If you're going to give it, you have to be able to take. But despite the White House statement and clear audio, the MAGA crowd is hard at work trying to insist that Trump's words were misinterpreted."
President Donald Trump directed a juvenile rebuke — 'Quiet, quiet piggy' — at a reporter during a question about a Jeffrey Epstein email dump that referenced Trump. The question was initially posed by Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey. The White House defended the remark, calling the reporter's behavior inappropriate and saying 'If you're going to give it, you have to be able to take.' Some supporters argued the president addressed Bloomberg bureau chief Peggy Collins, not Lucey, and used social posts and an AI chatbot to bolster that claim. Audio analysis and press pool records indicate the president said 'Quiet, Peggy' to Collins, who had interrupted the exchange.
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