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Miles Archer

(21,966 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 04:57 PM Jan 13

Trump gives middle finger to worker shouting 'Pedophile protector'




Trump gave the middle finger Tuesday to a worker screaming "pedophile protector" during a tour at a Detroit factory.

Trump was touring a Ford F-150 plant in the Motor City just before his speech on the United States economy at the Detroit Economic Club when a worker started shouting at him as the president walked above the workers, TMZ reported.

In a video capturing the moment, Trump yelled back "F--- you!" He pointed his finger, then he switched to giving the bird.

The worker was calling Trump out for his association with Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted child sex offender — a former friend — who he said he cut ties and threw Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club when he had a falling out about poaching and recruiting his staff.

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-middle-finger/
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Trump gives middle finger to worker shouting 'Pedophile protector' (Original Post) Miles Archer Jan 13 OP
Ah, the dignity of the presidency... Ocelot II Jan 13 #1
Guilty as hell. And everything being done is to prevent 99% of Epstein files release. Only 1% so far?? Evolve Dammit Jan 13 #14
Here you go: here's more than the 1%. BComplex Jan 13 #36
it sure looks like Trump said F...you twice in this video........ riversedge Jan 13 #2
Yeah, the person who tweeted the video said he did that... Miles Archer Jan 13 #6
He sais it all right. Kingofalldems Jan 13 #16
At first i thought the worker usedtobedemgurl Jan 13 #3
That works too... it's a logical leap. QueerDuck Jan 13 #4
He shoots, he scores Johonny Jan 13 #5
I bow to that worker Skittles Jan 13 #7
We haven't had such class since GW Bush. /nt artemisia1 Jan 13 #8
GW Bush looks classier than the King of England compared to white trash Trump. Ocelot II Jan 13 #9
Yes, but he loved the one finger salute even while President. /nt artemisia1 Jan 13 #11
That worker deserves a handsome raise. greatauntoftriplets Jan 13 #10
LOL popsdenver Wednesday #69
Actually, someone did start a GoFundMe. greatauntoftriplets Wednesday #71
I pray for the day popsdenver Wednesday #72
Classy as ever Bayard Jan 13 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Boomerproud Jan 13 #39
Some hero's don't wear capes. James48 Jan 13 #13
Hold Off RecoveringJournalist Wednesday #64
Exactly - we may need to help this worker with a go fund me instead - TBF Wednesday #65
Not only is he a pedo, he is a torturer, a murderer, a trafficker..... Clouds Passing Jan 13 #15
You forgot rapist durablend Jan 13 #29
I give trump the finger every time I see his face on TV. He'll never catch up with me. twodogsbarking Jan 13 #17
Me too, plus trying to teach my dog to bark at him. txwhitedove Jan 13 #18
Every time I walk into VA Med! BidenRocks Jan 13 #38
I'd walk by a trump building with Trump in big metal letter on it's plaza walls I'd give it the finger but kept it... electric_blue68 Jan 13 #19
There's a building like that in Chicago, and I want to flip it off every time I see it. 🤬 ShazzieB Wednesday #66
Well, make "the finger" against your coat, and low near your waist where people won't see it is my suggestion electric_blue68 Wednesday #77
What I didn't hear was a denial. n/t flvegan Jan 13 #20
Underappreciated reply. Orrex Jan 13 #34
Trump gives Middle Finger to America. Ars Longa Jan 13 #21
And, popsdenver Wednesday #70
I live in metro Detroit and I was wondering MIButterfly Jan 13 #22
Always the statesman Ineedamoment Jan 13 #23
David Muir on ABC nightly news dweller Jan 13 #24
Look, I know the hillbillies and the rednecks want a President who is "just like themselves". Aristus Jan 13 #25
Aren't you so proud of our President? AverageOldGuy Jan 13 #26
So we can expect the right wing media to clutch their pearls about him saying that. Endlessmike56 Jan 13 #27
When will Trump demand the worker be fired? sop Jan 13 #28
Fired, nothing. Wednesdays Jan 13 #40
Deportation at the very least. sop Jan 13 #43
Dox him to his "base". rubbersole Jan 13 #54
That will be a winner with the MAGA crowd - something they teach their children. walkingman Jan 13 #30
Yeah, they're going to love it Endlessmike56 Jan 13 #33
Prove to us that you're not, you fat fucking piece of shit fuck Blue Owl Jan 13 #31
Didn't Obama get in trouble with the press for saying "kicked his ass" or the like? Orrex Jan 13 #32
I was just gonna say... FalloutShelter Jan 13 #48
There should be a hell of a lot more of this. RockRaven Jan 13 #35
Even his middle finger "salute" looks wimpy. Totally Tunsie Jan 13 #37
The finger doesn't work effectively when your finger is a stump.... allegorical oracle Jan 13 #45
Such a tiny little thing, right? hamsterjill Jan 13 #52
Small fingers, small feet, small... Totally Tunsie Jan 13 #56
Aw, now you're being bad!!!!! LOL hamsterjill Jan 13 #58
So tiny that little salute. mountain grammy Jan 13 #59
Chump has one fucked up finger. BidenRocks Jan 13 #41
My next new vehicle......FORD!!!!!!! BradBo Jan 13 #42
I only wish the MSM news reporters would use the same type of confrontation. LiberalLovinLug Jan 13 #44
Is there a gofundme to thank and celebrate this person/ Maru Kitteh Jan 13 #46
Hopefully that worker won't be fired. choie Jan 13 #47
Looks like that name calling struck a nerve vapor2 Jan 13 #49
Still classy. For an encore, expect a long, Ilsa Jan 13 #50
What a immature spoiled brat. Fla Dem Jan 13 #51
I grew up in a city with so many good markodochartaigh Jan 13 #53
Seriously, Trump reminds me of a Batman character hamsterjill Jan 13 #55
So let me get this straight EarlG Jan 13 #57
...and the MAGAts STILL think he's "fighting for them." Miles Archer Jan 13 #61
He doesn't like being called names..... ironic isnt it IcyPeas Jan 13 #60
This is exactly how the felon feels about every American EnergizedLib Jan 13 #62
Everybody, all together now: DONNY TRUMP IS A PEDOPHILE Blue Owl Jan 13 #63
What could be more American? gulliver Wednesday #67
THE REAL DONALD TRUMP Jimvanhise Wednesday #68
Donate to TJ Sabula's GoFundMe here: OMGWTF Wednesday #73
I hope a political cartoonist will Qutzupalotl Wednesday #74
Maybe all TSF heard was "pedophile." Sogo Wednesday #75
For so-called "free speech absolutists" they certainly get angry when people use their right to free speech Rob H. Wednesday #76
That must have really pissed him off... kentuck Wednesday #78
He the orange traitor really is a punk..........it's not like the ford worker took classified documents down to his home turbinetree Wednesday #79

Evolve Dammit

(21,543 posts)
14. Guilty as hell. And everything being done is to prevent 99% of Epstein files release. Only 1% so far??
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:49 PM
Jan 13

Miles Archer

(21,966 posts)
6. Yeah, the person who tweeted the video said he did that...
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:05 PM
Jan 13

...I didn't see that or hear it myself, and every time I post something that's not explicit, I get 50 replies from people saying "I didn't see or hear that," and I didn't want that, so I didn't include it in my subject line.

usedtobedemgurl

(1,936 posts)
3. At first i thought the worker
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:02 PM
Jan 13

Was calling out the Ford boss for protecting dump by having him there.

popsdenver

(1,701 posts)
69. LOL
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 12:01 PM
Wednesday

Someone should start a "Go Fund Me".......because that guy is gonna need it knowing Trump's retribution on people who confront him in any way.......Trump can have any one, or more Federal Agencies crawl up his butt with a microscope at the drop of a hat.....
The number one offense for Trump, his CABAL, ICE, his Border Patrol goonies, and the entire Republican Party is striking fear into U.S. Citizens....

popsdenver

(1,701 posts)
72. I pray for the day
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 12:10 PM
Wednesday

that Unions come back in force................The Republicans have been destroying them ever since Reagan crashed PATCO back in the early 80's.........THAT was the shot heard round the world, with all U.S. Corporations following his lead.............

Response to Bayard (Reply #12)

64. Hold Off
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 10:27 AM
Wednesday

Ford is suspending the worker pending an investigation. Don't buy one if they fire him. If they do, we must boycott Ford.

TBF

(35,819 posts)
65. Exactly - we may need to help this worker with a go fund me instead -
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 10:39 AM
Wednesday

he's a hero in my book. He took one for the team.

electric_blue68

(26,141 posts)
19. I'd walk by a trump building with Trump in big metal letter on it's plaza walls I'd give it the finger but kept it...
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:14 PM
Jan 13

close, and downward bc there were police around.

ShazzieB

(22,269 posts)
66. There's a building like that in Chicago, and I want to flip it off every time I see it. 🤬
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 10:52 AM
Wednesday

electric_blue68

(26,141 posts)
77. Well, make "the finger" against your coat, and low near your waist where people won't see it is my suggestion
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 02:30 PM
Wednesday

MIButterfly

(2,210 posts)
22. I live in metro Detroit and I was wondering
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:22 PM
Jan 13

what that foul stench I kept smelling was. Now I know; DJT was in the area.

I don’t know if he yelled "f you" and gave that guy the finger or not, but I wouldn't put it past him. That's DJT, staying classy as always.

dweller

(27,940 posts)
24. David Muir on ABC nightly news
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:34 PM
Jan 13

Just showed that clip in his opening segment

More story coming up

😀



✌🏻

Aristus

(71,778 posts)
25. Look, I know the hillbillies and the rednecks want a President who is "just like themselves".
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:34 PM
Jan 13

But isn't there any desire at all for the decorum expected of a major world leader?

They really are cool with him being all East Slagheap?

Endlessmike56

(133 posts)
27. So we can expect the right wing media to clutch their pearls about him saying that.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:34 PM
Jan 13

You know, the way they did when the Minneapolis mayor dropped the f bomb.

Wednesdays

(21,694 posts)
40. Fired, nothing.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 07:35 PM
Jan 13

In TSF's next tweet, I wouldn't be surprised if he called for the man's execution!

rubbersole

(11,030 posts)
54. Dox him to his "base".
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:08 PM
Jan 13

Let the hillbilly harassment begin. ICE recruitment rejects need purpose, too.

Orrex

(66,735 posts)
32. Didn't Obama get in trouble with the press for saying "kicked his ass" or the like?
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:40 PM
Jan 13

ON the other hand, maybe Trump will just fucking die already.

FalloutShelter

(14,219 posts)
48. I was just gonna say...
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 07:56 PM
Jan 13

I’m old enough to remember when something like flipping off a voter and telling fuck you would tank a career.
From a President? my God… if it were a Democrat… the screeching and pearl clutching would cause a resignation.

RockRaven

(18,802 posts)
35. There should be a hell of a lot more of this.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:44 PM
Jan 13

There should have been a hell of a lot more of this a fucking decade ago.

Totally Tunsie

(11,620 posts)
37. Even his middle finger "salute" looks wimpy.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:54 PM
Jan 13

If you're going to display it, at least own it with force.

If that's any indication of his actual performance, Stormy is to be believed!

hamsterjill

(17,111 posts)
58. Aw, now you're being bad!!!!! LOL
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:27 PM
Jan 13

But I bet it's true. Didn't Stormy even comment at some point?

BidenRocks

(2,854 posts)
41. Chump has one fucked up finger.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 07:36 PM
Jan 13

We have MILLIONS of fingers aimed at your ugly ass!
Just die!
Do one good thing in your miserable life!

Ilsa

(63,919 posts)
50. Still classy. For an encore, expect a long,
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:00 PM
Jan 13

loud, wet fart during the State of the Union.

Lying sack of steaming liquid shit.

markodochartaigh

(5,107 posts)
53. I grew up in a city with so many good
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:06 PM
Jan 13

Christians. They sure did love a good war movie, the more "action" the better. They were supportive of Lt Calley, hated that he was put on trial, and happy when President Nixon commuted his sentence for the My Lai massacre.
One thing that these good Christians would not tolerate was foul language.
Of course back then no politicians really cursed in public. There was Clayton Williams' rape joke, but he was just a good ol' boy, and rich too. Anyway, he lost the governor's race by 2 points.

I'm beginning to wonder if what these good Christians wouldn't tolerate wasn't bad language after all

hamsterjill

(17,111 posts)
55. Seriously, Trump reminds me of a Batman character
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:13 PM
Jan 13

Oswald Cobblepot as portrayed by Danny Devito.

EarlG

(23,430 posts)
57. So let me get this straight
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:25 PM
Jan 13

That is a video of Donald Trump, New York billionaire, wearing an expensive dress coat, suit and tie, standing on a walkway looking down onto the factory floor at a Ford F-150 plant in Detroit, saying "fuck you" and giving the finger to one of the workers below?

AND DEMOCRATS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE ELITISTS???

Miles Archer

(21,966 posts)
61. ...and the MAGAts STILL think he's "fighting for them."
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:57 PM
Jan 13

It seems to me that the ONLY "promise" Trump has kept from the 2024 campaign is to seek revenge against his enemies, real or imagined.

And somehow, that's enough to keep 1/3 of the country firmly rooted in the cult.

All of this from a guy who used to sell steaks on the Internet.

IcyPeas

(24,956 posts)
60. He doesn't like being called names..... ironic isnt it
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:57 PM
Jan 13

This should happen everywhere he goes.

EnergizedLib

(2,939 posts)
62. This is exactly how the felon feels about every American
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 09:09 PM
Jan 13

Yes, even the most diehard cultists.

This incident, he was just direct about the gesture.

gulliver

(13,749 posts)
67. What could be more American?
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 11:01 AM
Wednesday

Love the worker being able to heckle Trump; love Trump's response. I remember giving the finger to Dubya when his motorcade passed me on the highway one time. I like to think he saw it and responded in kind. Message sent; message received; free speech alive and well

Qutzupalotl

(15,681 posts)
74. I hope a political cartoonist will
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 01:48 PM
Wednesday

put the Epstein birthday card signature strategically behind his finger.

Rob H.

(5,789 posts)
76. For so-called "free speech absolutists" they certainly get angry when people use their right to free speech
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 02:01 PM
Wednesday

Last edited Wed Jan 14, 2026, 03:02 PM - Edit history (1)

I wonder what that's about.

And of course Hair Furor's spokesman tried to claim that the employee was "shouting obscenities" and that the tiny-handed, tangerine man-baby's response was appropriate to the situation.

kentuck

(115,170 posts)
78. That must have really pissed him off...
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 03:01 PM
Wednesday

He needs to have a secret chat with Pam to get her on his case.

turbinetree

(27,054 posts)
79. He the orange traitor really is a punk..........it's not like the ford worker took classified documents down to his home
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 04:56 PM
Wednesday

it's like the factory worker asked a simple question are you or are you not a pedophile protector"..............yes of no..........his response says it all.................

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