Trump Body-Shames a Female Reporter Who Triggers Him on Epstein Files: ‘Quiet Piggy’

Washington, D.C –President Donald Trump sparked widespread criticism over the weekend with a series of heated confrontations with reporters, including pointing in the face of a female journalist and calling her “Piggy,” defending Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist podcaster Nick Fuentes, and appearing to walk past a drooping American flag on the White House lawn — an image that quickly went viral.

The most explosive moment came aboard Air Force One on November 14, 2025, as Trump flew from Washington to Mar-a-Lago. Reporters pressed him on the Jeffrey Epstein files after House Oversight Democrats released three newly unsealed emails from Epstein’s estate on November 12.

In one April 2, 2011, exchange with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein wrote, “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump. [Redacted victim’s name] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned.” Maxwell replied, “I have been thinking about that…”

In a January 31, 2019, message to Trump biographer Michael Wolff, Epstein wrote, “[Redacted victim’s name] mara lago,” followed by, “Trump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever. . of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop.”

Trump dismissed the disclosures, saying, “I know nothing about that. They would have announced that a long time ago. Jeffrey Epstein and I had a very bad relationship for many years.”

When Bloomberg White House correspondent Jennifer Jacobs began asking whether anything in the emails was “incriminating,” Trump pointed directly at her and snapped, “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.”

The insult immediately drew comparisons to Trump’s 2016 campaign attacks on former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, who said Trump repeatedly called her “Miss Piggy” and “Miss Housekeeping” after she gained weight following her 1996 crowning, when Trump co-owned the pageant.

“He’d yell at me all the time. He’d tell me, ‘You look ugly,’ or ‘You look fat.’ Sometimes he’d ‘play’ with me and say: ‘Hello, Miss Piggy,’ ‘Hello, Miss Housekeeping,’” Machado recalled in Spanish at the time.

Two days later, on November 16, another exchange turned hostile when a reporter asked Trump about Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with Nick Fuentes.

Trump responded, “Well, I found him to be good. I mean, he’s said good things about me over the years. He’s, I think he’s good. We’ve had some good interviews. I did an interview with him where we had 300 million hits.”

When the reporter attempted a follow-up while Trump was still speaking, the president cut in: “Will you let me finish my statement? You are the worst. You’re with Bloomberg, right? You are the worst. I don’t know why they even have you.”

Later that evening, as Trump walked across the South Lawn toward the residence after returning from Joint Base Andrews, photographers captured an image of the American flag hanging limply near the ground on its pole.

The photo exploded across social media, with critics citing Title 4 of the U.S. Flag Code, Chapter 1, which states, “The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.”

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White House spokesman Davis Ingle issued a statement: “This is fake news. The beautiful American flag on the White House South Lown that was recently installed by President Trump never touched the ground. Due to the high winds on Sunday evening in the Washington, D.C. area, the flag was lowered into a special container out of an abundance of caution during the Marine One landing.”

The House is scheduled to vote as early as Tuesday, November 18, on legislation that would force full disclosure of the remaining Epstein files.

Trump reversed his earlier opposition and endorsed the bill on Sunday evening, hours after Rep. Thomas Massie predicted up to 100 or more Republicans would vote yes regardless.