Karoline Leavitt Bizarrely Defends Trump’s ‘Piggy’ Insult: You ‘Should Appreciate’ the President’s ‘Openness’
Joe DePaolo Nov 20th, 2025, 2:12 pm
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended President Donald Trump calling a female reporter “piggy” on Air Force One.
In a stunning exchange during Thursday’s White House press briefing, Natalie Allison confronted Leavitt about Trump’s remark from last Friday — in which he told Bloomberg’s Catherine Lucey “quiet, piggy.”
“What did the president mean when he called reporter Piggy?” Allison asked.
Leavitt launched into a bizarre defense of the president’s comment.
“Look, the president is very frank and honest with everyone in this room,” Leavitt said. “You’ve all seen it yourself. You’ve experienced it yourselves. And

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