Trump flips off apparent heckler while touring Ford factory in Michigan
President Donald Trump gave a middle finger Tuesday to a person who could be heard calling him a “protector of pedophiles” while visiting a Ford truck plant in Michigan.
In a video shared by TMZ, Trump points to a person not seen in the frame and says a few words. He then shows his middle finger in the direction of this person.
Trump was visiting the Dearborn factory before giving a speech in Detroit on the U.S. economy.
White House communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement Tuesday evening: “A madman was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the president gave an appropriate and unambiguous response. »
In response to a request for comment, Ford spokesman David Tovar said in a statement: “We have seen the clip you are referring to. One of our core values is respect and we do not tolerate anyone who says something inappropriate like this within our facilities. When this happens, we have a process for dealing with it, but we do not address specific personnel matters.”
Trump has been mentioned in the Epstein files that the Justice Department has released so far as a result of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
One of the documents released last month included an email saying flight logs showed Trump flew Epstein’s plane at least eight times in the 1990s, including once with an unnamed 20-year-old woman.
Authorities have not accused Trump of any wrongdoing, and he and the White House have repeatedly said he did nothing wrong.
The Justice Department said after the email was released that some of the documents it released “contained false and sensationalist claims,” which it called “baseless and false.”
