Source: CBS
- Presidential Slurs: President Trump directed multiple personal insults at female reporters, using terms such as "ugly," "stupid," and "piggy" when questioned on topics including an Afghan national shooting suspect, the President's health, and the Epstein files.
- Truth Social: The insult against New York Times reporter Katie Rogers, whom he called "ugly, both inside and out" for an article about his age and physical stamina, was posted to Truth Social after she reported on his swollen ankles and an April MRI.
- White House Spin: Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the attacks, contrasting the President's "frank and honest" approach with the previous administration's "lying," stating that reporters should "appreciate the frankness" of the President.
Morty Gold
//consummate curmudgeon// //cardigan rage// //petty grievances// //get off my lawn// //ex-new yorker//
▶️ Listen to Morty's Micro Bio"PIGGY!" ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! He’s calling an adult professional a “piggy” and his press secretary is calling it “frankness”? FRANKNESS! Class, open your history books! This isn’t a government, it’s a pre-K playground run by a sugar-crazed toddler!
When I was teaching, if a student called another student a “piggy,” I’d send them to the principal! You know what the principal would do? GIVE THEM CIVICS LESSONS! We're outsourcing foreign policy to the Saudi Crown Prince, and domestic policy to the lizard-brain part of his frontal lobe! UNBELIEVABLE! I'm going to bed!
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Blake's Roast: 🔥
"Morty is screaming about pre-K playground politics and historical precedent while wearing a cardigan and comparing a sitting President to a sugar-crazed toddler. The man could find a civics lesson in a dropped quarter."
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Sheila Sharpe
//smiling assassin// //gender hypocrisy// //glass ceiling//
▶️ Listen to Sheila's Micro Bio"Oh, FANTASTIC! The President's new communications strategy is now just verbally assaulting professional women. Wait, I'm sorry—WHAT? He’s calling women "ugly" and "piggy" after they ask about a national guard shooting, his health, and a literal MURDER? Let’s unpack that: The level of misogynistic projection is truly dizzying. It’s the ultimate male power fantasy: If I call her ugly, then her reporting—and therefore the facts—must also be ugly and unworthy of attention. Bless his heart, he thinks he's intimidating us, but really, he's just creating a Pinterest board of his own deep, deep insecurities. Good luck with that."
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Blake's Roast: 🔥
"Sheila has translated the President's personal insults into a boardroom strategy of "misogynistic projection," and now she's going to weaponize her Pinterest board to fight the patriarchy."
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Frankie Truce
//smug contrarian// //performative outrage// //whisky walrus// //cynic//
▶️ Listen to Frankie's Micro Bio"Can we be honest? The man calls everyone names—it's his brand. But the media still takes the bait every single time and acts utterly shocked. They write a piece about his 'declining stamina'—which is the most obvious bait ever—and then they're surprised when the guy who never met a fight he wouldn't start calls them 'ugly'?
This is symbiotic performance art. The President performs the outrage, and the press performs the outrage about the outrage. You're all getting exactly what you asked for. The only surprising thing is that they still pretend this isn't the whole show."
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Blake's Roast: 🔥
"Frankie Truce believes he is the only sophisticated observer in the room because he knows that both the President and the press are just performing for our benefit. How brave."
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Nigel Sterling
//prince of paperwork// //pivot table perv// //beautiful idiots// //fine print// //spreadsheet stooge// //right then//
▶️ Listen to Nigel's Micro Bio"Right, so—we’ve shifted from the what to the how... specifically, the mechanism of the attack. Now, here’s the thing about this administration’s communication: The press secretary is now classifying the use of childish, gendered, personal insults as "frankness and openness."
Technically speaking, this is a beautiful example of a semantic collapse. It’s the rhetorical equivalent of saying your car is "running optimally" when the engine is actively on fire! (And we'll need a flow chart for the Epstein files being tied to the "piggy" comment, vis-à-vis) The system isn't broken, you beautiful idiots—it’s just been completely reprogrammed with an inversion of all moral values. Absolutely brilliant."
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Blake's Roast: 🔥
"Nigel has reduced the President's public insults to a 'semantic collapse,' suggesting that the real crime is the rhetorical inversion of moral values rather than the insults themselves."
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Dina Brooks
//church shade// //side-eye// //plain talk// //exasperated// //mmm-hmm//
▶️ Listen to Dina's Micro Bio"Mmm-hmm. So we're just comparing highly-respected, grown women who went to journalism school to farm animals because they had the AUDACITY to ask a hard question. Okay. I’m sorry, WHAT? The press secretary says this is "frankness." Chile, frankness is telling your nephew he needs a haircut and a job. Calling a woman "piggy" is just ghetto, trifling behavior. It’s pure, grade-A disrespect for women in the workplace. And y'all just let him do it because he’s… what? A man? A rich man? Lord, give me strength. I can’t with the audacity."
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Blake's Roast: 🔥
"Dina rightly called the President's comments "ghetto, trifling behavior" and "pure, grade-A disrespect," which is a far more accurate indictment than any formal news report will ever allow."
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Thurston Gains
//calm evil// //deductible denier// //greed is good// //land shark//
▶️ Listen to Thurston's Micro Bio"Old sport, I must admit, I rather admire the efficiency of this model. From a purely fiduciary duty standpoint, insulting the press is highly profitable. It reduces the need for expensive, time-consuming factual engagement.
The President effectively shifts the media narrative from his physical stamina or a foreign murder to a discussion about his vocabulary—which is a much cheaper problem to solve, legally speaking. It’s pure risk management. Calling reporters "ugly" and "stupid" is simply a preemptive defense mechanism designed to reduce the shareholder exposure. Claim denied. Next question."
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Blake's Roast: 🔥
"Thurston sees the President’s insults as a brilliant new form of "risk management" designed to reduce shareholder exposure, which is the most Thurston Gains thing anyone has ever said."
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Wade Truett
//working man's math// //redneck philosopher// //blue-collar truth//
▶️ Listen to Wade's Micro Bio"Let me tell you something about a man who calls a woman "ugly" because she asked about his health. Now, I ain't the smartest guy—I'm just a contractor—but I know that when your front tire is wobbling, you don't call the mechanic’s wife a terrible person. You fix the tire!
That ain't "frankness," that's what we call a distraction. He's worried about his ankles and his stamina and his MRI, so he points at the reporter and calls her a piggy to change the subject. It’s pure Truck Stop Logic: if you can't win the argument, you insult the person you're arguing with. That's all I got to say about that."
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Blake's Roast: 🔥
"Wade compared the President's distraction tactics to a mechanic calling his wife names instead of fixing a wobbly tire, proving that working-class wisdom always cuts through the political nonsense."
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Bex Nullman
//web developer// //20-something// //doom coder// //lowercase//
▶️ Listen to Bex's Micro Bio"okay i guess we're in the 'vile schoolyard bully' era of the presidency. it's giving extremely toxic ex energy where they try to destroy your confidence just before you leave them. like bestie, you’re 79 and they are asking about your swollen ankles, why are we focusing on their looks?
it's giving major internalized fragility. anyway, the whole thing is just a vibe shift that proves we're all gonna be consumed by performative cruelty forever. i'm going to go disassociate and watch old episodes of the office. we are so cooked lmao."
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Blake's Roast: 🔥
"Bex is treating the escalation of political toxicity like a 'vibe shift' from a toxic ex, and is planning to 'disassociate' and watch The Office—the most Gen Z form of political resistance possible."
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Sidney Stein
▶️ Listen to Sidney's Micro Bio"Excuse me, I just—I don't understand the rules anymore! He’s calling professional journalists "piggy," and then his spokesperson says it's more respectful than the last guy? You cannot just redefine words like that! Respect is waiting your turn in line!
Respect is following the rules of the press conference! You don’t get to yell "Quiet, piggy" when she asks about a sex offender investigation! I don't care about the politics, I care about the social contract! If we don't follow the rules of basic decency, we're living in a society full of line-cutters! I'm done with people."
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Blake's Roast: 🔥
"Sidney has escalated a President's misogynistic comments into a national crisis over 'line-cutters' and a breakdown of the "social contract," proving that all politics are local to Queens."
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Dr. Mei Lin Santos
//cortisol spiker// //logic flatlined// //diagnosis drama queen//
▶️ Listen to Mei Lin's Micro Bio"Okay—deep breath. The President’s health is a national security issue, and the reporter asking about his physical stamina, swollen ankles, and MRI is performing a vital clinical function. Calling her "ugly" is not a political retort, it is a defensive reflex symptomatic of profound ego-related distress.
This is not leadership; it's a personality disorder presenting as policy. Do you understand the cascade? This weaponizes the press office to cover up concerning vitals. We’re moving from acute inflammation (the insult) to chronic systemic failure. I'm ordering a full panel of labs on the entire West Wing. I need water. And maybe an emergency consult."
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Blake's Roast: 🔥
"Mei Lin has clinically diagnosed the President's behavior as "ego-related distress" and a "personality disorder presenting as policy," and is now going to run a full panel of labs on the entire West Wing."
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Omar Khan
//innocent observer// //confused globalist// //pop culture hook// //bruh//
▶️ Listen to Omar's Micro Bio"Yo, check this out. I'm still trying to process the concept of a White House press secretary defending "Quiet. Quiet, piggy" as "frankness." Frankness? Bro, in my country, you get this level of "frankness" from the guy selling knock-off sneakers at the night market, not the head of state!
This whole scene is spiritually confused! The reporters are asking questions about murder and national security, and the President just does the equivalent of a middle-school insult battle! Wallahi, this is a global embarrassment. You guys are crazy, man. Absolutely crazy."
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Blake's Roast: 🔥
"Omar is confused that 'frankness' is the official White House defense for using schoolyard insults, proving that even a country that sells knock-off sneakers has a higher bar for public discourse."
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Veronica Thorne
//ivy league snob// //status flex// //trust fund tyrant// //out-of-touch oligarch//
▶️ Listen to Veronica's Micro Bio"This is just utterly tragic. If you have to resort to personal insults like "ugly" and "piggy" to defend your performance, you are simply not rich enough to be a successful bully. Successful people insult with money—a lawsuit, a non-disclosure agreement, or simply buying the outlet and firing everyone.
This vulgar, pedestrian verbal abuse is so cheap. Darling, it’s embarrassing for the entire brand. It’s like wearing a knock-off handbag to the Oval Office. Fix it. It's ruining my view."
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Blake's Roast: 🔥
"Veronica declared that the President's use of vulgar insults is a sign he is "not rich enough to be a successful bully," which, while cruel, is an extremely accurate assessment of the power dynamic."
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Coach Ned
//toxic optimist// //gaslighting guru// //character development//
▶️ Listen to Coach Ned's Micro Bio"ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT! (blows whistle) HUDDLE UP, AMERICA! This is a CHAMPIONS MINDSET on full display! You think he’s insulting them, but he’s actually testing their GRIT! BOOM! He's throwing out the ultimate challenge to those reporters:
If you can’t handle being called a "piggy," you don’t have the stamina to cover the Presidency! It’s reverse psychology to build resilience! This isn't toxicity, this is a high-pressure, rapid-response team-building exercise designed to strengthen the Fourth Estate! Now get out there and hustle! Hydrate or die-drate!"
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Blake's Roast: 🔥
"Coach Ned has reframed the President's insults as a 'high-pressure, rapid-response team-building exercise' for the press, and has just handed out participation trophies for being called 'piggy.'"
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Blake Names Winner: "Winner goes to Morty, who described international diplomacy as 'The Price is Right with nuclear codes.' The image of world leaders bidding on toaster ovens behind game show podiums broke something in his brain. And for canonizing we're watching history is being written in crayon. Morty needs a lie-down."
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Morty Gold: "You know, history is actually filled with moments where sworn enemies found common ground for the greater good. It gives me hope that diplomacy is never truly dead, only sleeping. WAIT! Did I just sound OPTIMISTIC?! I must be feverish!"
