US President Donald Trump turned a routine Air Force One press gaggle into a spectacle on Monday, cutting off a Bloomberg reporter with the line: “Quiet. Quiet, piggy.” The remark, aimed at veteran White House correspondent Catherine Lucey, instantly set off a storm, adding a new flashpoint to Trump’s volatile history with the press.

Lucey had asked Trump about the uproar surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files and whether he supported a House vote to release them. She began her question with, “If there’s nothing incriminating in the files” but never got to finish. Trump jabbed a finger in her direction and said, “Quiet. Quiet, piggy.”

Trump, a literal pig, at reporter on AF1: “quiet piggy” pic.twitter.com/ml4oLbWn2o — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) November 18, 2025

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