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’

The White House's reaction to the president's disrespectful scolding of a female reporter said a lot.

The White House’s reaction to the president’s disrespectful scolding of a female reporter said a lot.

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…

Rep. Maria Salazar was asked about the president's “quiet, piggy” insult to a reporter after she questioned him about the Epstein files.

President Trump told a Bloomberg reporter \

Piers Morgan argued Donald Trump’s hostility towards reporters comes from the US president being called a "Nazi and a fascist " for years. Trump told Bloomberg reporter Catherine…

We’re supposed to be used to this by now, but getting used to it is dangerous. Her colleagues should have spoken up