By News Editor On November 14, 2025, US president, Donald J Trump was caught on camera calling a Bloomberg News reporter “piggy” while she questioned him about the Epstein files.
Already, a set of 22,000 emails have served as a final nail in the coffin for many public figures. Lawrence Summers, Alan Dershowitz, and Tom Barack, all frequent guests of Bloomberg News have seen their star dwindle in centrist and we’ll read circles. Thus, this fairly entry level question shouldn’t have rattled the president so much. But, it did, leaving the reporter, Catherine Lucey, without much recourse but to cite her company’s PR team when asked by other journalists for comment.
In a tepid response, Bloomberg issued a statement:“Our White House journalists perform a vital public service, asking questions without fear or favor. We remain focused on reporting issues of public interest fairly and accurately”.
Lackluster and without any real demand for basic decency, the brief statement from the company underscores a greater financial need to not incur the wrath of Trump’s team after he was obviously in the wrong. After all, like Elon Musk’s Space X venture, Bloomberg is a federal contractor and the below database should illustrate how extensive the privately held firm relies on government contracts.