Trump Calls Female Reporter 'Ugly' Days After 'Quiet, Piggy!' Insult

By Chris Spiker From Daily Voice

President Donald Trump launched another sexist insult at a female correspondent less than two weeks after calling a reporter "piggy."

Trump called New York Times White House correspondent Katie Rogers "ugly" in a lengthy social media tirade on Wednesday, Nov. 26. The online attack came one day after Rogers wrote a detailed story about Trump's physical and mental decline titled "Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office."

The story highlighted recent moments where the 79-year-old appeared drowsy during Oval Office meetings. It also drew attention to how Trump has held fewer public events in the US than during the beginning of his first term in 2017.

Trump angrily responded to the story on his social media platform Truth Social, continuing his longtime criticism of the Times.

"The Radical Left Lunatics in the soon to fold New York Times did a hit piece on me that I am perhaps losing my Energy, despite facts that show the exact opposite," he posted. "They know this is wrong, as is almost every thing that they write about me, including election results, ALL PURPOSELY NEGATIVE. This cheap 'RAG' is truly an 'ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.'"

Trump then turned his rage toward Rogers, who joined the Times in 2018.

"The writer of the story, Katie Rogers, who is assigned to write only bad things about me, is a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out," he wrote.

President Donald Trump during an interview with GB News on November 14, 2025.

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While Rogers has not publicly responded to Trump as of press time, a Times spokesperson defended her and her story.

"The Times's reporting is accurate and built on firsthand reporting of the facts," the spokesperson said in a statement. "Name-calling and personal insults don't change that, nor will our journalists hesitate to cover this administration in the face of intimidation tactics like this. Expert and thorough reporters like Katie Rogers exemplify how an independent and free press helps the American people better understand their government and its leaders."

Rogers' reporting explained how Trump's public schedule has shifted, noting that most of his appearances now fall between noon and 5 p.m. The Times analysis found a 39% drop in official events compared to the same period in 2017.

The story also described moments when Trump appeared to fall asleep in the Oval Office, including a midday meeting on Thursday, Nov. 6.

"With headline-grabbing posts on social media, combative interactions with reporters and speeches full of partisan red meat, Mr. Trump can project round-the-clock energy, virility and physical stamina," Rogers wrote. "Now at the end of his eighth decade, Mr. Trump and the people around him still talk about him as if he is the Energizer Bunny of presidential politics.

"The reality is more complicated: Mr. Trump, 79, is the oldest person to be elected to the presidency, and he is aging."

Rogers' story also addressed the rising concerns about Trump's physical health, including his leg swelling diagnosed as chronic venous insufficiency, periodic hand bruising covered with makeup, and an MRI scan he received in early October.

The story also compared Trump to former President Joe Biden, who received far more vocal skepticism for his acuity during the later stages of his term and his scrapped reelection campaign.

"The people around [Trump] are similar to Biden's aides," Matthew Dallek, a political historian at George Washington University, told the Times. "They would talk as if we're living in a little bit of a fantasy world. Trump, in that way, with the help of his aides and his doctors, has created this fiction about his health to hide the hard, cold truth that he is 79 and one of the oldest people to ever occupy the Oval Office."

Trump's insult toward Rogers adds to his history of sexist remarks. Most recently, Trump said, "Quiet, piggy," to Bloomberg correspondent Catherine Lucey aboard Air Force One as she questioned him about his previous friendship with notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended his comment, saying that Trump "calls out fake news when he sees it and gets frustrated with reporters who spread false information." Leavitt never clarified what was inaccurate about Lucey's line of questioning.

Alicia Machado, who won the Miss Universe pageant while Trump owned it in 1996, has said that Trump also called her "Miss Piggy" and urged her to lose weight.