DETROIT, Mich. (TNND) — President Donald Trump didn’t hold back on Tuesday and appeared to give the middle finger when a Ford worker reportedly called him a “pedophile protector” while he toured a F-150 plant.
In a video obtained by TMZ, Trump responded to the employee by pointing at the person twice and mouthing “f*** you,” before flipping them off.
White House communications director Steven Cheung defended the president in a statement to The Hill, saying the response was “appropriate.”
“A lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the President gave an appropriate and unambiguous response,” Cheung said.
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin responded with criticism to the video on X.
“Protecting pedophiles and saying [f—] you to American workers,” Martin wrote.
Trump has accused Democrats of using the Epstein files to distract him from the progress of his administration and referred to the investigation as a “hoax.”
The Department of Justice started releasing all Epstein-related materials on Dec. 19 after Congress passed the “Epstein Files Transparency Act” law in November.
However, after the initial release on Dec. 19, lawmakers and the public were quick to criticize the documents, which appeared to be heavily redacted and incomplete.
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Officials revealed on Jan. 6 that there are more than 2 million documents “potentially responsive” to the Epstein Files Transparency Act that are in “various phases of review.”
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