Press Sec. Karoline Leavitt explains why Trump called reporter 'Piggy'

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00:00What did the president mean when he called reporter Piggy?

00:04Look, the president is very frank and honest with everyone in this room.

00:08You've all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves.

00:11And I think it's one of the many reasons that the American people re-elected this president,

00:16because of his frankness. And he calls out fake news when he sees it.

00:20He gets frustrated with reporters when you lie about him,

00:24when you spread fake news about him and his administration.

00:26But he also is the most transparent president in history.

00:30And he gives all of you in this room, as you all know, unprecedented access.

00:35You are in the Oval Office almost every day asking the president questions.

00:38And so I think the president being frank and open and honest to your faces,

00:43rather than hiding behind your backs, is frankly a lot more respectful

00:47than what you saw in the last administration, where you had a president who lied to your face

00:51and then didn't speak to you for weeks and hid upstairs and didn't take your questions.

00:54So I think everyone in this room should appreciate the frankness and the openness

00:59that you get from President Trump on a near-daily basis.

01:02And as a follow-up, the Washington Post just reported that the Coast Guard has stopped considering...

01:07I'm calling on Bloomberg. Go ahead. Thank you.

01:10Caroline, thank you. Two questions for you.

01:12The New York Times is reporting that the administration is now sending a U.S. official to the G20.

01:20They are sending Mark Dillard. Can you just, can you confirm if that is true

01:25and then also explain the shift in...

01:27I'd be happy to explain because there is not a shift.

01:31The United States is not participating in official talks at the G20 in South Africa.

01:35I saw the South African president running his mouth a little bit against the United States

01:40and the president of the United States earlier today,

01:42and that language is not appreciated by the president or his team.

01:47The ambassador or the representative of the embassy in South Africa

01:51is simply there to recognize that the United States will be the host of the G20.

01:56They are receiving that send-off at the end of the event.

02:00They are not there to participate in official talks,

02:02despite what the South African president is falsely claiming.

02:05They are receiving that send-off at the U.S. official to the U.S. official to the U.S. official to the U.S. official to the U.S. official.