Archive · 21 Nov 2025
White House Defends Trump's Insults to Reporters
President Trump made mean comments to two female reporters.
The White House said people should expect this kind of talk from him and that the reporters were being unfair by complaining.
President Trump insulted two female reporters during press interactions
He called ABC's Mary Bruce a 'terrible reporter' and threatened ABC's broadcast license
Trump told Bloomberg's Catherine Lucey to 'quiet, piggy' when she pressed him on the Epstein case
White House defended Trump's remarks, saying critics are waging a 'war on President Trump'
They accused ABC of bias and dismissed it as a 'Democrat spin operation'
- Who
- President Donald Trump and reporters Mary Bruce (ABC) and Catherine Lucey (Bloomberg)
- What
- Trump insulted the reporters during press interactions
- When
- November 14 and 18, 2020
- Where
- The Oval Office and aboard Air Force One
- Why
- Trump was upset by the reporters' questions
White House
Media and Critics
Trump's Remarks
White House
A justified response to reporters' questions
Media and Critics
Unusually harsh and disrespectful
ABC's Bias
White House
ABC is a 'Democrat spin operation'
Media and Critics
ABC is a legitimate news network
- Insults
- Trump called Bruce a 'terrible reporter' and Lucey 'quiet, piggy'
- White House Response
- Defended Trump's remarks, accused ABC of bias
- Date of First Incident
- November 14, 2020
- Date of Second Incident
- November 18, 2020
Sources
White House jumps to defend Trump’s 'quiet piggy' insult, says 'you have to be able to take it'
White House defends Trump calling a female reporter ‘piggy’
‘He calls out fake news’: White House defends Trump after his ‘Quiet, piggy’ remark to reporter
"He Calls Out Fake News": US Defends Trump Calling Woman Journalist "Piggy"
