DEARBORN, Mich. – A new video shows President Donald Trump giving the finger to a worker during a visit to a Ford plant in Dearborn on Tuesday.
The video, obtained by TMZ, shows Trump walking through the Ford Rouge plant, and responding to a worker yelling to him from below.
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The worker appears to yell, “pedophile protector,” to the president, to which he appears to respond with “f--- you,” and then giving the person the middle finger.
The White House is defending the action, telling TMZ that the person was “wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage,” and saying Trump “gave an appropriate and unambiguous response.”
A spokesperson for Ford told CNN they were aware of the video. “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.”
Trump was in Detroit on Tuesday, giving a speech defending his economic policies at the Detroit Economic Club.
#EXCLUSIVE 😳 President Trump was filmed flipping off a Ford worker who yelled "pedophile protector" at him. https://t.co/m5nLYtWxxT pic.twitter.com/512zEYV6WC
— TMZ (@TMZ) January 13, 2026