Trump called a reporter piggy during an Epstein question
Trump told Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey to be quiet and called her piggy during an Air Force One exchange about Epstein files. [U.S. Government Publishing Office] [The American Presidency Project]
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The recorded words and officially identified target; no conclusion about motive or Epstein allegations.
WHAT THE DOCUMENT SAYS
The record.
Trump told Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey to be quiet and called her piggy during an Air Force One exchange about Epstein files. [U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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The context.
Questions overlapped: Trump then answered a Venezuela question. The official transcript identifies Lucey in brackets. The contemporaneous pool report establishes gaggle timing but does not identify this insult. [U.S. Government Publishing Office] [The American Presidency Project]
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Editorial classification.
insult · demeaning-language · appearance · sex-or-gender · media-attack
Animal/appearance insult directed at a professional woman during questioning. The gender tag concerns the selected target and form of humiliation, not a proven sexist motive. [U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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- Presidential transcript · U.S. Government Publishing OfficeRemarks in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to West Palm Beach, Florida
Opening Epstein-files exchange; bracketed identification of Catherine Lucey, Bloomberg News; Quiet/piggy response
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202501124/html/DCPD-202501124.htm - Contemporaneous pool report · The American Presidency ProjectPool Reports of November 14, 2025
Out-of-town pool report #3, 20:15, Katelyn Caralle; gaggle 6:57–7:23 p.m.
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/pool-reports-november-14-2025
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