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A GoFundMe campaign for a Detroit autoworker who called Donald Trump a “pedophile protector” was suspended from the Ford plant where he worked on Tuesday. But it looks like he’s going to be alright financially. A GoFundMe campaign set up for the Michigan man has already raised over $400,000 and counting.

TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old line worker, told the Washington Post he was suspended from his job for shouting “pedophile protector” at Trump during the president’s visit to the Ford F-150 plant. Trump responded, either by audibly saying or just mouthing the words, “fuck you” twice. The president then extended his middle finger as he kept walking.

Two different videos posted to social media captured the exchange, including the first published by TMZ. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung defended Trump’s actions, telling the Washington Post: “A lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the President gave an appropriate and unambiguous response.”

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (3 children)

North Korea would have him and his family and his family's extended family's extended family disappeared.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 15 hours ago

To the third generation.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But he wouldn't have flipped him off in the first place. Can you picture any other world leader doing this? Maybe the drug thug from the Philippines awhile back. That's all I can think of.

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I can see Basescu doing that to a heckler then laughing with the heckler

Look him up, the Romanian ex-president. Dude had the whole weird fun uncle vibe, and as is custom to say in romania: "He stole but he also did things"

[–] elfpie@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 22 hours ago

Today I learned that "Roubou mas fez" has a cousin in Romania.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I could also imagine Silvio Berlusconi doing this, and he was another deeply corrupt avuncular type.

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Eh I wouldn't say Basescu was deeply corrupt. I mean, not compared to our current politicians and others from his own time.

Our last former prime minister was far, FAR worse than Basescu, along with the entire current PSD party, which are also corrupt assholes with no morals.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago

I think Berlusconi would have thought it was beneath him. He wasn't the same kind of petty that Trump is.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Our steals things, but is also a rapist, pedophile, murderer and racist. Trump is definitely not a "fun" uncle.

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Oh yea i don't doubt that.

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

He was. The mask is coming off

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Bolsanaro. They were all cloned in the same "worst human imaginable" septic vat.

[–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What kind of new age cope is this?

Trump does something shitty

well, at least that's not as bad as this strawman about North Korea that I just made up.

Just letting your unabashed orientalism known to the world.

On top of this, the sheer amount of outrage over this act which had no material effect is baffling. People are so obsessed with optics, decorum, and civility that a middle finger is condemned nearly as hard as withholding healthcare from millions of Americans, or, you know, fascism rocketing towards us at Mach 10.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Did you mean to reply to pelespirit? I was criticizing their comparison.

[–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Your sarcasm was entirely lost on me. My bad. Good meme.