{"id":2512898,"date":"2025-11-20T16:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-defends-trumps-comments-on-piggy-and-executing-dems\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T16:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:12:58","slug":"trump-defends-trumps-comments-on-piggy-and-executing-dems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-defends-trumps-comments-on-piggy-and-executing-dems\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump defends Trump&#8217;s comments on &#8216;piggy&#8217; and executing Dems"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-defends-trumps-comments-on-piggy-and-executing-dems%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2512898&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended President Donald Trump amid his recent controversial remarks directed at the press and Democratic lawmakers. Following an incident where Trump called a Bloomberg reporter &#8220;piggy&#8221; during a Q&#038;A on Air force One, and after Trump labeled Democratic veterans urging military members to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >disobey unlawful orders<\/a> as &#8220;seditious&#8221; and &#8220;punishable by death&#8221; on Truth Social, Leavitt addressed these issues during a White House briefing. she argued that the Democratic lawmakers&#8217; actions undermine the military chain of command and stressed that Trump&#8217;s blunt interaction style is a reason for his reelection, framing it as honesty and clarity. Leavitt also contrasted Trump&#8217;s openness with the previous administration&#8217;s handling of the press, asserting that Trump provides unprecedented access to reporters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Leavitt does damage control after &lsquo;frustrated&rsquo; Trump lashes out at reporter and calls for executing Democrats<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2409263\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> press secretary&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a>&nbsp;covered for President&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3891013\/trump-treading-water-epstein-economy-maga-coalition-splinters\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> on&nbsp;Thursday, seeking to spin recent attacks launched by the president against the press and Democratic lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Trump grew visibly frustrated with a <em>Bloomberg<\/em> reporter flying on Air Force One, shutting down a line of questions by snapping, &ldquo;Quiet, piggy,&rdquo; at the reporter in question before moving on with the Q&amp;A.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3891838\/vance-warns-gop-give-voters-something-believe-without-trump\/\">Vance warns GOP needs to give voters something to &#8216;believe in&#8217; without Trump on ballot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3893681\/watch-live-white-house-press-briefing-trump-epstein-files-release\/\">WATCH LIVE: White House holds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-extends-southern-california-stay-at-home-order-for-at-least-another-three-weeks\/\" title=\"Newsom Extends Southern California Stay-at-Home Order For at Least Another Three Weeks\">press briefing<\/a> after Trump signs through release of Epstein files<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3893490\/trump-blasts-seditious-democratic-veterans-truth-social\/\">Trump blasts &#8216;seditious&#8217; 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The president also shared a number of responses to the story calling for the lawmakers to be questioned to be executed, including one comment that read &ldquo;HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3874467\/watch-live-white-house-press-secretary-karoline-leavitt-holds-briefing\/\">Leavitt<\/a> faced questions on Trump&rsquo;s Truth Social posts near the top of her Thursday briefing with reporters at the White House, where she defended the president&rsquo;s comments and sought to cast blame back on the lawmakers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reporters raise their hands to ask questions of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during a press briefing on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Many in this room want to talk about the president&rsquo;s response, but not what brought the president to responding in this way,&rdquo; Leavitt said. &ldquo;You have sitting members of the United States Congress who conspired together to orchestrate a video message to members of the United States military, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gary-sinise-foundation-celebrates-10-years-of-service\/\" title=\"WATCH: Gary Sinise Foundation Celebrates 10 Years Of Service\">active-duty service members<\/a>, to members of the national security apparatus, encouraging them to defy the president&rsquo;s lawful orders. The sanctity of our military rests on the chain of command, and if that chain of command is broken, it can lead to people getting killed. It can lead to chaos, and that&rsquo;s what these members of Congress who swore an oath to abide by the Constitution are essentially encouraging.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These members knew what they were doing. They were leaning into their credentials as former members of our military, as veterans, as former members of the national security apparatus, to signal to people serving under this commander in chief, Donald Trump, that you can defy him and you can betray your oath of office,&rdquo; Leavitt continued, adding later in the briefing that &ldquo;if this were Republican members of Congress who were encouraging members of the military and members of our United States government to defy orders from the president and from the chain of command, this entire room would be up in arms.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-frank-and-honest-piggy-comment\">&lsquo;Frank and honest&rsquo; piggy comment<\/h2>\n<p>As for Trump&rsquo;s personal attack against a reporter on Air Force One, Leavitt said simply that Trump is &ldquo;very frank and honest with everyone in this room.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s one of the many reasons that the American people reelected this president because of his frankness, and he calls out fake news when he sees it,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;He gets frustrated with reporters when you lie about him, when you spread fake news about him and his administration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt additionally claimed that Trump &ldquo;is the most transparent president in history, and he gives all of you in this room, as you all know, unprecedented access.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3891013\/trump-treading-water-epstein-economy-maga-coalition-splinters\/\"><strong>TRUMP TREADING WATER ON EPSTEIN AND THE ECONOMY AS MAGA COALITION SPLINTERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president being frank and open and honest to your faces, rather than hiding behind your backs, is frankly a lot more respectful than what you saw in the last administration, where you had a president who lied to your face and then didn&rsquo;t speak to you for weeks and hid upstairs and didn&rsquo;t take your questions,&rdquo; she concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt&rsquo;s briefing can be seen in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"JVb4K1Pzr7w\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 20, 2025\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JVb4K1Pzr7w?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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