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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Victoria Richards

Voices: Who are you calling ‘Piggy’, Mr President? Why it is women leading the charge to bring Trump down

“I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything ... Grab them by the p***y. You can do anything." It’s been 20 years since Donald Trump was recorded talking openly about the way he treats women in 2005, on the set of Days of Our Lives. Fast forward to this week – in 2025 – and what has changed? Nothing. If anything, his war on women just keeps getting worse.

“Quiet piggy” is the latest insight into the mind of the US president and what he really thinks of women (as if we were in any doubt). His attack on a female reporter onboard Air Force One, when she asked him a question about the Epstein files – accompanied by a patronising finger waggle – joins a litany of sexist threats, insults and diminishing comments which go back as far as his hairline.

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