“Shut up, piggy”.

Trump is literally getting billions from a corrupt Saudi prince. Did he call someone piggy in order to take attention from that? Why is no one talking about the Saudi trump tower?? Trump is quite obviously just wanting to make billions from any corrupt shit he can find and he is doing it in plain sight. Maybe just me thinking that then?

Well, you're right in saying everyone would have lost their minds if Obama had done it, but I really don't think that has anything to do with racism! Even people who dislike him acknowledge him as intelligent, dignified, well-mannered and very definitely presidential, and so would obviously be absolutely horrified if they saw him behave anything like this. Same goes for any other politician, including sex pest Clinton and barely conscious Biden. The fact that is isn't breaking headline news across the globe is precisely because we all know how revolting, dim-witted and ill-bred this repugnant little man is so we aren't even surprised anymore. Comparing him to Obama is downright offensive.

Like many Trump defenders, I think you might be confusing 'thinking rationally' with rationalisation. It dripped out of his little anus-mouth, so it must be ok. Somehow.

To the pps who mentioned Jamal Khashoggi. Yes, that was a disgusting display, seeming to imply Khashoggi might have deserved his fate?

A decade ago Trump was on the campaign trail for the first time and during that campaign he mocked a reporter's disability.
He's always been disgusting, and he always will be.

I would love for someone now to say that publicly to Melania. Just to see his reaction. Depressingly though, I think i can imagine.

To be honest, it's quite mild compared to other things he is doing, Epstein, corruption, taking away aid, ICE, bombing boats and killing without due process, the list goes on...
Teflon, don't know why, but he seems to be made of Teflon. I long for the days (inc in the UK) where politicians had to have high standards and quit at first whiff of a scandal.

Oh right, well that totally explains and justifies what he said......

'Thinking rationally' 🤣🤣🤣

'Piggy is hardly insulting' 😂😂😂

Do tell us when your stand up act is touring

@YorkshireGoldDrinker If you said "quiet piggy" to someone in your workplace, what would happen?

What did Obama do,? I have a list of bad policies, but did he stoop as low as Trump?

@Andregroup He has used the "piggy" insult before, several times, aimed at women. I think in his mind, attempting to insult what a woman looks like is the most effective insult you can make to a woman. That you aren't attractive to him. Therefore you are worthless in his eyes, because that's the only way he values women.

Yes, and the cultists defended that as perfectly professional! Insane....

If you watch the whole thing she was going on and on and on and talking over him.

Have you seen Tiger King? Carol Baskin could be criticised for a lot, but many people who loved it often hated her yet ignored Joe Exotic's animal abuse.

There's a theory that bad people who revel openly in being bad, like Exotic and Trump, are better liked than people who are seen as hiding bad behavior behind a good front. Essentially, people become so cynical that openly bad behaviour is seen paradoxically as an indicator of honesty and goodness (vice signalling). Which is obviously corrosive

Also think badly behaved men can get away with more. Baskin could be compared to Hillary Clinton.

There's also the celebrity side. Trump & Exotic play off their behaviour as celebrity tantrums. Celebrity culture & individualism has long been big in the US. Tellingly, Exotic even got quite a few votes when he ran a presidential campaign.

Neil Postman foresaw this when he wrote about TV making people treat politics as a show rather than a serious matter. It had only got worse since then.

https://medium.com/@harrisonpurp/why-do-we-love-joe-exotic-and-hate-carole-baskin-695cca569009

How is this racist?

If anyone is the pig, it’s Trump.

If someone called you piggy you wouldn’t find it insulting??

By whom? For a very large number of Americans he is a hero, they care for nothing beyond their own shores and share his contempt of women. It really wouldn't surprise me if he managed to twist the rules for a third term, he will certainly be looking to place his family into the queue so he can continue to pull the strings.

He's reduced politics and the office of President of the United States to its basest level. That's what's concerning.

Trump can say and do whatever he wants with no consequences, it’s frightening.

If Keir Starmer was caught on camera saying that to someone, he’d be forced to hand in his resignation by the end of the day.

I was appalled (but not shocked) at his behaviour towards the ABC reporter at his press conference with the Crown Prince. He said something like “you’re a terrible person and a terrible reporter” and went on to indirectly threaten her job. Can you imagine saying “you’re a terrible person” to anyone in a professional work setting? It’s so personal and hurtful. She was doing her job, he could make a complaint about her manner but to be so horrible to her live on television was awful.

Of course I don't have authority over what anyone says. Nor does anyone else. If you think that's the whole point then I have no advice for you @YorkshireGoldDrinker .

I am not sure many are accepting it op, and I don’t understand how you think it’s racism, Obama would never have said that.

Piggy? It's bizarre. Had he been reading the Lord of the Flies or something? But no, that would be too intellectual for him - maybe watching the film? It's just such a weird thing to say. Who calls anyone piggy these days? And for what - it used to be 'greedy pig' if you ate more than your fair share of the Sunday roast, but even that isn't really said anymore I don't think. Very strange thing for him to say. Just weird.

Horrendous. The man has no morals and no compassion.

I do respect her for that. Also for calling out the starvation of Gaza. Israel must defend itself but not by starving civilians.

She is loathsome in some ways but she has courage & principles.