From Reuters:
Donald Trump raised his middle finger and appeared to direct profanity toward a Michigan auto plant worker who criticized the U.S. president's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein controversy during a visit on Tuesday, video circulating online showed.
The entertainment site TMZ first published video of the exchange, and the White House did not dispute its authenticity.
You can read the TMZ reporting here.
An interesting dichotomy in all this. From the Detroit Free Press:
When asked about a video clip of the incident, Ford spokesman Dave Tovar emailed a statement saying the company had a great event and is proud of how employees represented Ford.
"We’ve seen the clip you’re referring to," Tovar said. "One of our core values is respect and we don’t condone anyone saying anything inappropriate like that within our facilities. When that happens, we have a process to deal with it, but we don’t get into specific personnel matters."
On the other hand from USAToday:
"A lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the President gave an appropriate and unambiguous response," Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement to USA TODAY.
So the the guy exercising his First Amendment rights by shouting the truth at Trump gets suspended and the White House responds by saying that he's a lunatic.
Where are the rest of the Epstein files, by the way?
