President Donald Trump appeared to flip someone off as he toured a Michigan Ford plant in an incident caught on video Tuesday, and the White House defended the motion as an “appropriate” response to someone screaming at the commander-in-chief.
“A lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the President gave an appropriate and unambiguous response,” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung mentioned in a assertion.
A 30-second video, obtained by TMZ, exhibits someone showing to yell within the president’s route, although it’s unclear precisely what that individual is saying. TMZ reported that individual appeared to yell “pedophile protector” at the president.
The video then exhibits the president pointing to the manufacturing facility ground a few occasions as he continues to stroll by a part of the manufacturing facility. He then appears to flip off someone on the manufacturing facility ground together with his proper hand.
A second video is then performed exhibiting what appears to be a extra zoomed in shot of the identical interplay. It additionally exhibits what TMZ suggests is a individual yelling “pedophile protector” at the president whereas he’s standing in a single place.
In the TMZ video, the president appears to reply by pointing at the individual and mouthing or saying “fuck you” twice.
NCS has reached out to Ford for touch upon the incident.