Wes Streeting has condemned Donald Trump's "piggy" jibe towards a female journalist who asked the US president a question about the Epstein files. After a Bloomberg reporter tried to follow up on her question, Mr Trump snapped, “Quiet! Quiet, piggy,” in a sing-song voice, while jabbing his finger. Speaking on ITV's This Morning on Wednesday (19 November), the health secretary remarked: "It's not right... I wouldn't want my sisters being spoken to like that", admitting he'd be "surprised" if any leading UK politician "ever spoke to a woman in our press lobby like that".

The reaction from the White House press corps to a personal attack on a colleague has been muted — in an apparent attempt to avoid losing further access.

Critics accuse the US president of trying to ‘shut women journalists up’ with ‘demeaning language’