During a tour of the Ford F-150 assembly facility in Dearborn, Michigan, on January 13, President Donald Trump responded to a heckler by giving the middle finger and mouthing an expletive. The incident, captured on video and first published by TMZ, occurred when a worker on the plant floor shouted what sounded like "pedophile protector" as Trump walked by. White House spokesperson Steven Cheung described the president's reaction as "an appropriate and unambiguous response" to a "lunatic" screaming expletives. The autoworker involved was reportedly suspended pending an investigation, and he stated his comment referenced the Jeffrey Epstein probe. Ford's Executive Director of Corporate Communications, David Tovar, stated that the company does not condone inappropriate behavior and has a process for addressing such incidents, while also noting the presidential visit generally went well.