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   tRUMP's reaction proves he's a deviant pedophile on Epstein's hotlist.   
      
   Trump gave a Ford plant worker the finger. The White House says all white   
   American autoworkers deserve the finger from President Trump.   
      
      
   U.S. President Donald Trump raised his middle finger and appeared to direct   
   profanity toward a factory worker who expressed criticism of his handling   
   of the Jeffrey Epstein controversy at a Michigan auto plant on Tuesday,   
   video circulating online showed.   
      
   The entertainment site TMZ first published video capturing the exchange,   
   and the White House did not dispute its authenticity.   
      
   “A lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and   
   the President gave an appropriate and unambiguous response,” White House   
   spokesperson Steven Cheung told Reuters in an email.   
      
   Trump was touring the Ford F-150 assembly facility in Dearborn when a   
   worker on the plant floor shouted what sounded like “pedophile protector”   
   as the president stood on an elevated walkway, the video showed. Trump   
   turned toward the individual and appeared to respond with an expletive   
   before making a hand gesture with his middle finger as he walked off.   
      
   After the incident, the worker who shouted at the president was suspended,   
   the United Auto Workers union told Reuters. The union and Ford did not   
   identify the worker, and attempts to contact the man named in media reports   
   were unsuccessful.   
      
   The UAW, which represents workers at the plant, issued a statement on   
   Wednesday defending its members' right to free speech and vowed to "ensure   
   that our member receives the full protection of all negotiated contract   
   language safeguarding his job."   
      
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   "Workers should never be subjected to vulgar language or behaviour by   
   anyone — including the President of the United States," the union said.   
      
   Two online fundraising campaigns for the worker on GoFundMe.com had   
   collectively received more than $650,000 US in donations by Wednesday   
   afternoon.   
      
   Other Ford employees cheered and welcomed the president as he toured the   
   assembly line, taking photos with workers and shaking hands. Ford executive   
   chairman Bill Ford, speaking with the media at an event later, called the   
   incident unfortunate and said he was embarrassed by it.   
      
   "That was six seconds out of an hour tour. And the tour went great," he   
   said. "I think he really enjoyed it and we did, too."   
   Four men standing in a row inside a warehouse. Two men point into the   
   distance and the man in the middle looks.   
   U.S. President Donald Trump stands with Corey Williams, Ford River Rouge   
   plant manager, left, and Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford, at a Ford   
   production center in Dearborn, Mich., on Tuesday. (Evelyn   
   Hockstein/Reuters)   
   Trump's use of profanity   
      
   Trump has occasionally used profanity in public settings, often in response   
   to criticism, confrontation or to emphasize his point.   
      
   During a campaign stop at a Detroit auto plant in 2020, former U.S.   
   President Joe Biden, then a Democratic candidate, used profanity in an   
   exchange with a factory worker who accused him of trying to take away gun   
   rights.   
      
   Trump has faced persistent scrutiny for his handling of sensitive federal   
   records tied to Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died by suicide in   
   jail in 2019. Many of Trump's most loyal supporters believe the government   
   is withholding documents that would reveal the late financier's ties to   
   powerful public figures.   
      
   Trump has repeatedly denied any knowledge of Epstein's alleged abuse and   
   sex trafficking of girls and has not been accused of wrongdoing.   
      
   Trump’s visit to the Michigan facility was part of an effort to highlight   
   his administration’s support for U.S. manufacturing, a key theme as the   
   2026 election year unfolds. Michigan is seen as a politically important   
   state, and domestic jobs and industry have been central to Trump’s economic   
   messaging.   
      
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