Nov. 19, 2025

Trump Defends MBS, Melts Down Over Epstein Files, and Calls Reporter “Piggy”

Show Notes
Transcript

President Trump shrugged off the murder of Jamal Khashoggi with a casual “things happen,” snapped at reporters asking about the newly released Epstein emails, and even called one “Piggy.” We break down the jaw-dropping accusations in the Epstein files, Trump’s increasingly frantic denials, the White House’s very creative explanation for letting an American flag hit the ground, and the House’s lopsided 427-to-1 vote to release the documents. Plus: the lone “no” vote, Clay Higgins, and the Senate’s unanimous approval.

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Caalaroga Shark Media from Washington, DC, where things happened. This

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is vallot. Trump just took the biggest one sided blowout

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since the last time the Jets played Let's hit This.

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I'm Patrick Gutfield and President Trump defended the Saudi Crown

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Prince over the murder of journalist Jamal Kashogi, saying things

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happen and that he doesn't hold the Crown Prince responsible.

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Things happen. That's the official White House position on dismembering

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a journalist. Things happen, you know, like when you accidentally

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leave your phone at a restaurant, or you miss your

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exit on the highway. Just one of those things. Meanwhile,

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on Air Force One, a reporter asked President Trump about

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newly released Epstein emails, including one where Epstein wrote that

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Trump knew about the girls, and Trump pointed his finger

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in her face and said, quiet, quiet, piggy, piggy. The

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President of the United States called a reporter piggy. Not

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no comment, that's classified. Not even fake news, piggy. That's

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what he went with, real strong command of the English

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language there, and this isn't new for him. Back in

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twenty sixteen, former Miss universe. Alisia Machado said Trump used

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to call her miss Piggy after she gained weight. So

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apparently when Trump doesn't like what a woman is saying,

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his brain just goes straight to muppet insults. What's next?

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Quiet Kermit, Silence, Fazzy Bear. The reporter had asked there

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was anything incriminating in the Epstein files, which you have

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to admit is a fair question given what's in these emails.

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One email from Epstein says a victim spent hours at

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my house with him, meaning Trump, and he has never

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once been mentioned. Another email claims Trump knew about the

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girls and asked Islenn Maxwell to stop using mar A

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Lago to scout victims. Trump's response, I know nothing about that.

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Jeffrey Epstein and I had a very bad relationship for

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many years. Oh you had a bad relationship, that's your defense. Yeah,

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we hung out, but we weren't close. That's like saying

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I barely knew the guy. I just let him recruit

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at my private club for years. Two days later, Trump

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snapped at another Bloomberg reporter, calling her the worst and saying,

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I don't know why they even have you. Apparently Bloomberg

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needs to staff its White House beat with people Trump

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finds more agreeable. Maybe someone who won't ask about Epstein

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or Tucker Carlson's interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes. You know,

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softballs only, and here's the cherry on top. After that

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press gaggle, Trump walked across the White House lawn passed

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an American flag that had been lowered to the ground.

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The photo went viral. The US flag code specifically says

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the flag should never touch the ground. The White House

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immediately issued a statement claiming it was fake news and

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the flag never touched the ground. It was just lowered

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into a special container because of high winds, a special

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container for flags during high winds. That's the official explanation.

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Not we made a mistake, and not we'll look into it. No,

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there's a special flag container that makes it look exactly

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like the flag is on the ground, but it's actually not.

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It's very sophisticated. You wouldn't understand. The House voted to

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release the Jeffrey Epstein files, and it passed with nearly

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unanimous support. Democrats and Republicans both voted yes. Survivors in

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the gallery were crying and blowing kisses, and there was

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only one person who voted no, Representative Clay Higgins of Louisiana.

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Think about that. Four hundred and thirty four members of

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Congress voted to release these files. One guy said no.

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Clay Higgins looked around the room, saw everyone voting yes,

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saw survivors weeping in the gallery, and thought, you know what,

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I'm gonna be the villain in this Hallmark movie. What

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could possibly be your reason for voting no on this?

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I believe in privacy. Really, now you're drawing your privacy

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line at the Jeffrey Epstein files. That's your hill to

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die on. Not phone records, not emails, not Instagram stories,

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the Epstein files. That's bold. Higgins posted on Twitter that

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he's been a principled no on this bill from the beginning,

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which is interesting because the beginning was three months ago

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when Trump was calling this a hoax. According to Higgins,

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the bill reveals and injures thousands of innocent people, witnesses,

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people who provided alibis, family members. He's very concerned about

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protecting the innocent. Specifically, he mentioned witnesses, people who provided alibis,

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and family members. You know who didn't make his list.

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The actual victims. The hundreds of exploited children and adults

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whose abuse is kind of the whole reason we're talking

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about this. Four hundred and twenty seven to one. That's

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not a close vote, that's not even a divided vote.

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That's everyone looking at one guy and saying, are are

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you sure about this? And that guy saying yes, I'm

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protecting the innocent, just not the ones who were actually hurt.

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Speaker Mike Johnson, who spent months trying to delay this vote,

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walked onto the floor and voted yes. For months, he's

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been finding reasons why they couldn't possibly vote on this

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right now. We need more time, The timing isn't right,

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Mercury is in retrograde. Then Trump told Republicans to vote yes,

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and suddenly Johnson's hand shot up like he was trying

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to catch a wedding bouquet. That's the thing about this vote.

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It wasn't some principled stand. Trump caved and told everyone

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to vote yet, and they all fell in line except

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Clay Higgins. He's out there on an island by himself. Sorry,

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I probably shouldn't have said island. And he's the only

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person in America who looked at the Epstein files and thought,

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let's keep this one under wraps. The Senate approved the

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bill unanimously. Trump held a press conference and was asked

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a straightforward question, if you support releasing the Epstein files,

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why not just order it done instead of waiting for Congress.

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Simple question. The answer involves threatening to revoke ABC's broadcast license.

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You know, it's not the question that I mind. If

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it's your attitude, Trump told the ABC News reporter, I

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think you are a terrible reporter. It's the way you

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ask these questions. The question was fine, the attitude was wrong.

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The vibes were off. Next time, ask about potential federal

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crimes with more positivity. Trump said ABC's license should be

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revoked because their news is so fake and so wrong.

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Someone asks you a scheduling question, you threaten to shut

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down their network. Totally proportional. Why wait for Congress? I'm

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ending your company. That's called staying on message. Notice what

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Trump didn't do answer the question. He called the reporter terrible,

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threatened ABC's license, mentioned his great commissioner, who should take

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a look at that, But the actual reason for waiting

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on Congress never came up. Too busy discussing license revocation,

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Trump did clarify he has nothing to do with Jeffrey

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Epstein and threw him out of his club many years

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ago because I thought he was a sick pervert. There

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are photos of them together at parties. Trump once told

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New York Magazine that Epstein was a terrific guy who

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likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many

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of them are on the younger side. But other than

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the photos and the quote, totally threw him out immediately.

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Then came the classics, it's a Democrat hoax the files.

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Trump just agreed to release hoax the investigation into a

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convicted sex offender hoax the thing. Four hundred and twenty

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seven Republicans voted for still a hoax. Trump signing a

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bill to release hoax documents. He's very thorough about hoaxes.

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The reporter wanted to know why Trump won't act immediately.

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Trump's response covered the reporter's attitude, ABC's license status, the

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Hoake situation, and his non friendship with Epstein. The one

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thing missing an answer that got lost between Terrible Reporter

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and Revoke the license. Portions of today's show were made

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with the help of AI