During a recent exchange aboard Air Force One, former President Donald Trump directed a derogatory remark at a female reporter. When asked about the potential release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, Trump, facing increasing pressure from fellow Republicans to disclose the Department of Justice’s findings, responded to the journalist’s inquiry with an offensive comment.
Bloomberg journalist Catherine Lucey attempted to question Trump regarding Epstein. In response, Trump pointed a finger at her, exclaiming, “Quiet, quiet piggy!” Although Lucey was off-camera at the time, the incident didn’t end there. The tension resurfaced during another interaction over the weekend.
On Sunday, as Trump addressed the press outside Air Force One, Lucey posed a question about Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes. The President, interrupted while answering, sharply retorted, “Will you let me finish my statement?” This exchange marked yet another contentious moment between Trump and the media.
‘You are the worst! You’re with Bloomberg, right? You are the worst! I don’t know why they even have you.’ For months, the White House has resisted bipartisan Congressional efforts to release the files, while the President has claimed the issue is being used by Democrats to create a distraction. Trump also bashed members of his own party by claiming ‘only a very bad, or stupid, Republican would fall into that trap.’
The President even aimed at some of his most vocal supporters, including Republican Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, whom Trump referred to as a ‘traitor.’ Trump, however, reversed course as it became clear Republicans and Democrats would vote to release the Epstein files. He urged House Republicans to agree to release the files by writing Truth Social on Sunday that ‘we have nothing to hide’ and that ‘it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax.’
The House is expected to vote on releasing all unclassified files relating to Epstein later on Tuesday. If passed, the bill would move to the Senate and then to the President’s desk for signature. Trump vowed on Monday to sign legislation that would release all the files. The President could avoid the legislative issue by signing an executive order calling for the declassification of all Epstein documents.
‘We’ll give them everything,’ Trump said in the Oval Office on Monday. ‘I would let them, let the Senate look at it, let anybody look at it, but don’t talk about it too much because honestly, I don’t want to take it away from us. ‘It’s really a Democrat problem. The Democrats were Epstein’s friends, all of them, and it’s a hoax.’
House Republicans on the Oversight Committee last week released over 23,000 documents subpoenaed from Epstein’s estate. The files include email communications from the financier in the months before his death in a New York Jail in 2019.
