“Quiet, Piggy”: Trump revives his misogynist greatest hits on Air Force One
Notably sensitive Donald Trump blew a fuse midair this weekend when a Bloomberg reporter dared to ask whether any of Jeffrey Epstein’s newly released emails implicated him. Instead of answering, the bloated kankle sufferer jabbed his finger in her face and snapped, “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,” in a tone that blended menace with contempt. The gaggle, held aboard Air Force One while en route to his Florida dinner club, quickly descended into a showcase of the president’s reflexive hostility to women who challenge him—and his default to name-calling when scared.
When an off-camera female reporter — later identified as a Bloomberg reporter — began to ask if there was anything “incriminating” in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face.
“Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,” he said menacingly.
“Piggy” has reportedly been a favored insult of the president’s in the past. During his 2016 presidential campaign, former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, who won the title at age 19 while Trump was a co-owner of the organization, claimed that Trump threatened to take away her title after she gained weight.
The outburst came just days after House Democrats released three emails linking Trump to Epstein. One exchange described Trump as “that dog that hasn’t barked,” while another claimed he asked Ghislaine Maxwell to stop certain behavior. Trump brushed off the claims, insisting he “knew nothing” about the contents. But his immediate turn to mocking a woman’s appearance instead of answering the question only reignited criticism of his long-documented misogyny and fear of the Epstein scandal.
Christ what an asshole