In which incident did Trump reportedly make a comment referencing 'Peggy' and what is the exact quoted wording?

1. The moment on Air Force One: what was reported

Video and contemporaneous press accounts place the exchange on board Air Force One on Nov. 14, 2025, when a female Bloomberg reporter pressed Trump about newly released Epstein emails and files; before she completed the question he pointed, cut her off and said, as reporters and outlets transcribed it, “Quiet, quiet, piggy” ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

2. Exact quoted wording across outlets

Multiple mainstream outlets quote the wording consistently: Reuters and BBC report the president calling the reporter “piggy” ^{[7] [1]}. Newsweek and Deadline reproduce footage transcriptions that have him saying “Quiet, quiet, piggy” ^{[2] [3]}. People and The Telegraph likewise quote “Quiet, piggy” or “Quiet, quiet piggy” ^{[8] [9]}.

3. Who was on the receiving end: identification of the reporter

Colleagues and later reporting identified the off‑camera reporter as Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey; People and CBC explicitly name Lucey as the journalist Trump addressed with the “piggy” remark ^{[5] [10]}. Bloomberg did not immediately comment in some stories cited here ^[3].

4. The ‘Peggy’ claim: social posts versus reporting

A viral claim and some social posts argued Trump said “Peggy,” naming Bloomberg’s Margaret “Peggy” Collins or other Peggys — a reinterpretation amplified on platforms like Grok and by some partisan users ^[6]. Fact‑checking pieces and reporting note that Lucey, not Peggy Collins, was on Air Force One, and that many supporters were defending Trump by insisting he said “Peggy” despite the footage and journalistic identification ^{[4] [6]}.

5. Official responses and the media’s reaction

The White House defended the president’s remark; press secretary Karoline Leavitt framed it as frankness and argued reporters should accept his openness, a defense reported by Reuters and PBS NewsHour ^{[7] [11]}. Journalistic organizations and many reporters criticized the comment as demeaning — outlets like The Guardian and The New York Times characterized it as part of a pattern of derogatory language directed at journalists, especially women ^{[12] [13] [14]}.

6. Why wording matters: context and implications

Whether heard as “piggy” or misread as “Peggy” changes the political framing: “piggy” is a demeaning epithet that feeds longstanding concerns about hostile presidential rhetoric toward the press; the “Peggy” reading attempts to convert an insult into a neutral name and thus reduce public backlash ^{[13] [6]}. Reporting here shows mainstream transcription and identification favor “piggy,” and attempts to recast it as “Peggy” circulated after outlets and footage had already published the original phrasing ^{[2] [4]}.

7. Limitations in the record and what’s not in the sources

Available sources here do not include an official full transcript from the White House beyond the released video clips, nor do they include a direct, on‑the‑record statement from Catherine Lucey within these items responding to the wording ^{[8] [5]}. If you want primary‑source verification, the cited clips and outlets (BBC, Newsweek, Deadline, Reuters) are the on‑record materials that all quote the same phrasing ^{[1] [2] [3] [7]}.

8. Bottom line for readers

Contemporary reporting and released footage consistently record Trump’s words as “Quiet, quiet, piggy” or “Quiet, piggy” during a Nov. 14, 2025 Air Force One gaggle directed at a Bloomberg reporter identified as Catherine Lucey; later social claims that he instead said the name “Peggy” surfaced but do not align with the mainstream transcriptions and identifications in the reporting reviewed here ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}.