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Miles Archer

(21,858 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 04:57 PM 21 hrs ago

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

Evolve Dammit

(21,526 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
20 hrs ago

Miles Archer

(21,858 posts)
6. Yeah, the person who tweeted the video said he did that...
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:05 PM
21 hrs ago

...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

(1,934 posts)
3. At first i thought the worker
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:02 PM
21 hrs ago

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

popsdenver

(1,605 posts)
69. LOL
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 12:01 PM
2 hrs ago

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

(1,605 posts)
72. I pray for the day
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 12:10 PM
2 hrs ago

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
4 hrs ago

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

TBF

(35,727 posts)
65. Exactly - we may need to help this worker with a go fund me instead -
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 10:39 AM
3 hrs ago

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

electric_blue68

(26,016 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
20 hrs ago

close, and downward bc there were police around.

ShazzieB

(22,236 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
3 hrs ago

electric_blue68

(26,016 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
1 min ago

MIButterfly

(2,152 posts)
22. I live in metro Detroit and I was wondering
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:22 PM
20 hrs ago

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

(27,887 posts)
24. David Muir on ABC nightly news
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:34 PM
19 hrs ago

Just showed that clip in his opening segment

More story coming up

😀



✌🏻

Aristus

(71,707 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
19 hrs ago

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

(124 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
19 hrs ago

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

Wednesdays

(21,645 posts)
40. Fired, nothing.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 07:35 PM
18 hrs ago

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

rubbersole

(10,998 posts)
54. Dox him to his "base".
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:08 PM
18 hrs ago

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

Orrex

(66,702 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
19 hrs ago

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

FalloutShelter

(14,200 posts)
48. I was just gonna say...
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 07:56 PM
18 hrs ago

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

(18,760 posts)
35. There should be a hell of a lot more of this.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:44 PM
19 hrs ago

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

Totally Tunsie

(11,596 posts)
37. Even his middle finger "salute" looks wimpy.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:54 PM
19 hrs ago

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

(17,088 posts)
58. Aw, now you're being bad!!!!! LOL
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:27 PM
18 hrs ago

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

BidenRocks

(2,808 posts)
41. Chump has one fucked up finger.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 07:36 PM
18 hrs ago

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

Ilsa

(63,869 posts)
50. Still classy. For an encore, expect a long,
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:00 PM
18 hrs ago

loud, wet fart during the State of the Union.

Lying sack of steaming liquid shit.

markodochartaigh

(5,061 posts)
53. I grew up in a city with so many good
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:06 PM
18 hrs ago

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

(17,088 posts)
55. Seriously, Trump reminds me of a Batman character
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:13 PM
18 hrs ago

Oswald Cobblepot as portrayed by Danny Devito.

EarlG

(23,406 posts)
57. So let me get this straight
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:25 PM
18 hrs ago

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

(21,858 posts)
61. ...and the MAGAts STILL think he's "fighting for them."
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:57 PM
17 hrs ago

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

(24,906 posts)
60. He doesn't like being called names..... ironic isnt it
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:57 PM
17 hrs ago

This should happen everywhere he goes.

EnergizedLib

(2,929 posts)
62. This is exactly how the felon feels about every American
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 09:09 PM
17 hrs ago

Yes, even the most diehard cultists.

This incident, he was just direct about the gesture.

gulliver

(13,730 posts)
67. What could be more American?
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 11:01 AM
3 hrs ago

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

(15,672 posts)
74. I hope a political cartoonist will
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 01:48 PM
44 min ago

put the Epstein birthday card signature strategically behind his finger.

Rob H.

(5,788 posts)
76. For so-called "free speech absolutists" there certainly get angry when people use their right to free speech
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 02:01 PM
30 min ago

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.

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