Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) continued to troll Donald Trump on social media after the president went viral for referring to a reporter as “piggy.”

“Quiet. Quiet, piggy,” Trump said on Friday to a seasoned journalist and White House reporter, Catherine Lucey.

After the clip spread online, Newsom’s official press office X account, with likely the help of AI, posted a series of edited images of Trump.

The first of many images highlighted Trump’s gold-themed Oval Office décor, depicting him as a pig holding a photo of his vision for what appears to be a renovation project adorned with all manner of gold fixtures.

Trump’s well-known appetite for attention was referenced in another post, as was the president’s rant about a Time Magazine cover, with a photo featuring a mock magazine starring Trump that incorporated the pig motif again.

Finally, the California governor’s press office posted a photo of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein together — this time appeared to be without AI alterations — captioning it simply “piggies,” seemingly alluding to the ongoing battle over the release of the Epstein files.

On Wednesday, the White House issued a statement responding to Trump’s crass remarks.

“This reporter behaved in an inappropriate and unprofessional way toward her colleagues on the plane,” the official statement read. “If you’re going to give it, you have to be able to take it.”

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