Shane Gillis Questions Trump’s Sharpness After Air Force One ‘Piggy’ Remark
His podcast comments refocus attention on Trump’s rebuke of Bloomberg’s Catherine Lucey, which the White House defended as calling out false reporting.
Overview
- On his Nov. 21 podcast, Shane Gillis said President Trump seems slower than usual and is “circling the drain,” when asked about possible cognitive decline.
- Gillis tied his observation to last week’s Air Force One exchange in which Trump cut off Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey with “Quiet. Quiet, piggy.”
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the insult, saying Trump calls out fake news and gets frustrated with reporters who spread false information.
- Bloomberg praised its White House team for asking questions in the public interest, and Catherine Lucey has not commented publicly on the incident.
- Gillis, fired from SNL in 2019 over resurfaced slurs, now draws a large MAGA-aligned audience and has previously met Trump, even as he voiced some sympathy for Lucey on the show.