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Looks like the Epstein files are still a sore subject for Trump.

Donald Trump on Tuesday flipped off an autoworker during an appearance at a Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan, dropping an F-bomb during the interaction for good measure.

Trump threw the bird after a worker in the crowd called him a “pedophile protector,” presumably a reference to the president’s relationship with the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein ― and his efforts to prevent the release of Justice Department files regarding Epstein in its possession.

Video of the incident obtained by TMZ shows Trump standing high on a walkway above the factory floor Tuesday in a full-length black peacoat.

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[–] AshMan85@lemmy.world 107 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That ford worker is a hero

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

For real though, I’d be wearing that like a god damned badge of honor. I’d be making t-shirts that said “The President of the United States told me to f*ck off after I called him a pedo protector.” I’d get enamel pins made from the grainy footage of Trump throwing the bird, to wear on my gear. I’d have that photo printed as a vinyl sticker to keep on my water bottle. I’d be writing and/or drawing children’s books about how adults making you keep secrets from your parents is bad, and those adults should be reported. I’d be doing interviews and podcasts, where I can call him a pedo protector with the widest audience possible.

I hope that dude’s pillow is always cool, his socks are always dry, his teeth are always healthy, and his cock is sucked so hard (by a consenting adult!) that he gains an inch and a half.

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

Dear Lord, this is such a beautiful comment. Please accept my enthusiastic up-vote.

[–] fartington@piefed.social 69 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Just donated worth every penny.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This is fantastic, part of the reason the right has been so emboldened in being anti-society and anti-humanity for a while now is because they have a tight-knight community who take care of each other. This is what we need to do to cancel that effect out.

For every right-wing piece of shit who screams racist epitaths out their car window and gets fired for it and ends up making a half million dollars, we have to make sure we're taking care of people who get fired for posting videos of ICE murdering innocent people or quoting Trump's own words without editorial.

The challenge: not digging into these people's past and history and finding "problematic" things that make other users hesitate before donating to pushing the needle back where it should be.

[–] Gaja0@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Only $300k? The woman who called that autistic 8 year old the n word broke $800k. Rookie numbers.

Edit: age isn't consistent among sources

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Currently 420k and it hasnt been a day yet. It was 220 when i donated 4 hours ago

[–] Gaja0@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

$480k?

That's more like it 😤

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hell yeah, how do I buy that guy a drink?

Jesus, what a fucking treat to get to yell that at Trump, king of the pedophiles.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Hahaha, he's raised nearly $500,000 so far. He can hit a lot of drinks. Good.

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Trump, king of the pedophiles

Maybe if tRump wants to think of himself as a king, we make him this sort of king? Signs that say how he'll only ever be seen as King of the Pedophiles may piss him off more than most!

Trump has kidnapped the leader of another country. Put the proud boys and KKK into high gear. He is doing everything he can to try in vain to get us to forget what he is.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

That Ford worker needs to run for local office, slogan "Jobs for for the local community, and no shelter and protection for child rapists"

Then try to see a republican oppose his platform 😂

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.myserv.one 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Such a classy orange piece of shit.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 3 points 2 days ago

I think it would be so funny if someone spray painted pieces of shit (real or fake) and distributed them, possibly for throwing, at one of his events. He's so fixated on gold crap, I don't think he'd be able to ignore it.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Idiocracy is now a documentary.

[–] hydroxycotton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's a documentary of a darker version of Idiocracy. At least in Idiocracy it seemed like the characters had an ounce of morality, they were just really really dumb.

[–] kayohtie@pawb.social 1 points 2 days ago

It's also very pro-eugenics and kind of classist of a movie. I know it's intended to be a comedy, but it kind of wears that fact on its sleeve in a way that makes it clear that the creators actually feel that way, and not just that it's "haha what if".

It effectively puts the onus of the way that the country and society evolves on individuals who have not had high opportunities for education because of systemic issues or class related issues, and not on the state itself. If anything, the people it should be pointing a finger at are the very people that are shown for being selective in having a kid themselves for not doing more work to eliminate the root causes of how families end up in the situation of the "redneck" family. It shows that stupidity is the root cause, and not able-situationed people doing more work to help people broadly.

[–] SillyDude@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

I'm just waiting to watch ~~Beef Supreme~~ Whistling Diesel start doing rehab with Monstemaxx.

[–] FBJimmy@lemmus.org 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is a peacoat a coat soaked in pee?

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

A peepeacoat

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

He can't even give a good middle finger. Like he could only manage to lift up the first two finger segments and not even make a full fist. Like a little kid flipping the bird.

And not a very good comeback for someone who did so well on their cognitive test.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Nelson Rockefeller did it better:

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Worth noting that dementia often affects fine motor control, like the ability to independently control your fingers. It usually becomes apparent when people lose the ability to dress themselves, (buttons, zippers, and buckles become hard or impossible), cook for or feed themselves, (chopping ingredients, using utensils, etc. becomes difficult), and write/type.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 5 points 2 days ago

And it's such a tiny little bird, too.

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

After experiencing to joys owning a Ford, this would have been my recommendation from the onset. Well before this particular event.

For example: Do you like replacing your car's battery if it dies? Have you been able to do it in every other past vehicle you've owned? TOO FUCKING BAD it's behind parts of the engine you must remove to get access to it.

Everything about my wife's 2014 Ford Escape is awful to replace. Almost everything you should be able to replace as an average person (I'm not a car guy), requires a mechanic or more time and effort to do simply because it's a Ford. It's uncomfortable inside, despite its size as well, because they try to fill every inch of the interior with plastic. To hold stuff like buttons or storage, I hear you posture? Nope! Just a cold, oddly formed blanket of stiff plastic to limit any sort of leg space.

I absolutely hate Ford vehicles after, now, owning or owning-adjacent a few of them across varying types of cars. They are some of the worst to drive, worst to own, and worst to service vehicles I have ever had the misfortune to suffer through.