Donald Trump is at it again with his fuck-wittery following a fiery press interaction aboard Air Force One on November 14, with questions about the newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails pushing tensions to breaking point.
These emails, brought to light just days before by House Democrats, revived long-standing speculation about Trump’s ties to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Epstein, in exchanges with Maxwell and biographer Michael Wolff, referred directly to Trump in cryptic language, making the president’s denials a hot topic for the assembled media.
Trump, clearly irritated by the questions, was unambiguous. “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,” he told reporters, rejecting any claims of involvement.
Frustration escalated when Bloomberg’s Jennifer Jacobs pressed him about whether he was worried there might be anything incriminating among the emails.
At that, Trump pointed a finger at Jacobs and said, “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,” echoing a line some may remember from his history of taunting public figures.
Back in 2016, Miss Universe Alicia Machado revealed Trump had mocked her weight and called her “Miss Piggy” during his time as pageant owner. “He’d yell at me all the time… ‘Hello, Miss Piggy, Hello Miss Housekeeping’,” she recalled.
The White House did not issue an apology for the most recent outburst. Instead, just days later, Trump doubled down with another dig at a Bloomberg journalist, brushing off an interruption with, “Will you let me finish my statement? You are the worst. You’re with Bloomberg, right? I don’t know why they even have you.”
This isn’t the first time Trump has had a rude outburst with the press, telling ABC journalist John Lyons he was “hurting Australia” in a heated moment earlier this year.
Meanwhile, the Epstein files themselves have become a political headache in Washington. Although Trump previously pushed back against demands for greater transparency, he has now publicly said he would sign a bill to force the release of all Justice Department documents tied to Epstein if it lands on his desk.
“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 it to take away from us. It’s really a Democrat problem,” he said, labelling the controversy a distraction pushed by political enemies.
The moment was further complicated by viral images of Trump walking past an American flag that had fallen to the ground on the White House lawn. As social media lit up over the apparent breach of flag etiquette, White House staffers insisted the flag was lowered for safety during a windy helicopter landing and had not been disrespected.
With the House set to vote on further disclosures around the Epstein probe, tension hangs over the US. Trump is riding out the media storm with his usual mix of denial, attack, and tactical concession, so who’s to say what he’ll spew at the press next.
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