Are there video or audio recordings verifying Trump said 'quiet, Piggy' and where can they be found?
Executive summary
Multiple mainstream news outlets report that video footage exists of President Donald Trump saying “Quiet, quiet, piggy” to a female reporter during a November 14 gaggle aboard Air Force One, and that the White House released at least one clip to the public; that footage has circulated via broadcast outlets and clip services including the BBC, CNN, PBS, Newsweek, Deadline and C-SPAN [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6].
1. There is recorded video — where it surfaced
News organizations cite and/or show a short video of the exchange that the White House made public, and that same moment has been published and replayed by major outlets: the White House posted video of the gaggle, Newsweek and Deadline report that footage shows Trump saying “Quiet, quiet piggy,” the BBC published a video clip of the exchange, CNN ran the video, PBS NewsHour posted the clip with coverage of the White House response, and C-SPAN hosts a user clip of the moment [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6].
2. What the recordings are reported to show and who was involved
Reports describe the exchange as occurring on Air Force One as reporters pressed Trump about emails related to Jeffrey Epstein; as a Bloomberg reporter attempted a follow-up question, the president turned toward her and said “Quiet, quiet, piggy,” according to the footage and multiple outlets — some naming Bloomberg correspondent Catherine Lucey and others referring to reporting about the same exchange — with Deadline and Newsweek recounting the White House-released video [2] [1] [7].
3. How the recording has been used and how outlets framed it
The clip quickly circulated online and was characterized as a viral, politically combustible moment by outlets such as The Guardian and Mashable, which noted rapid spread on social platforms and public reaction; broadcasters like PBS used the clip to prompt responses from the White House, which defended the president’s tone as “frank and open” when asked about the remark [8] [7] [5].
4. Official release and secondary hosting: where to find the primary clip
Journalistic accounts indicate the primary source was video released by the White House and that major media organizations embedded or rehosted that clip in their reporting; anyone seeking direct verification can view the segment as carried by BBC video coverage, CNN’s published clip, PBS NewsHour’s video reporting, Newsweek’s article linking to the White House footage, Deadline’s story noting the posted video, and a user clip on C-SPAN’s site — these are the publicly available hosts cited in reporting [3] [4] [5] [1] [2] [6].
5. Competing narratives, defenses and context to bear in mind
Coverage shows two clear frames: critics treated the audio-video as evidence of an insulting, sexist admonition that went viral and fueled backlash, while the White House and some allies framed the interaction as straightforward candor and pointed to the broader substance of the Epstein-related questions; media outlets uniformly reported the existence of the clip but differed in emphasis on political implications and subsequent viral amplification [8] [5] [2].
6. Limits of available reporting and remaining verification steps
All cited accounts base their descriptions on the same short gaggle footage released by the White House and republished by broadcasters and clip services — reporting establishes that the audio and video of the phrase exist in those releases, but none of the items in the provided reporting offers an independent forensic transcript beyond what the clips show, nor do they provide additional raw multi-angle camera feeds or a separate audio-only file for forensic analysis in the available coverage [1] [2] [3].