Yesterday, Donald Trump traveled to Detroit, Michigan to make yet another unhinged speech. Before his speech, Trump toured the Ford factory. Which is where TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old UAW line worker, shouted “p3dophile protector” at Trump. Trump heard him too, and Trump reacted by yelling “f–k you” TWICE and flipping the bird. Elitist New Yorker flips off a Rust Belt working-class union member?
#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
Trump’s own people confirmed that this really happened, that Trump waddled by, shouting obscenities and flipping the bird at an American auto worker. Stay classy. The guy, TJ Sabula, has been suspended from his job. He spoke to WaPo after it happened:
TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old United Auto Workers Local 600 line worker at the factory, told The Post that he was the one shouting at Trump. He said he has been suspended from work pending an investigation.
“As far as calling him out, definitely no regrets whatsoever,” Sabula said, though he added that he is concerned about the future of his job and believes he has been “targeted for political retribution” for “embarrassing Trump in front of his friends.”
Sabula identifies as politically independent and said he never voted for Trump but has supported other Republicans. He estimated that he was roughly 60 feet away from Trump on Tuesday and that the president could hear him “very, very, very clearly.” He said he was specifically referencing Trump’s handling of the Epstein matter.
“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity,” Sabula said. “And today I think I did that.”
Trump toured the factory before giving a speech at the Detroit Economic Club. Elsewhere on the tour, Ford workers could be seen cheering and taking selfies with the president.
Well, now we know what to shout at Trump to hurt his little baby feelings. TJ Sabula is a real one. Not that it matters at this point, but it’s illegal as f–k for Ford to suspend him or fire him. I hope the ACLU and the UAW get heavily involved in his situation.
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And the republicans still support him…
Other auto workers still cheering him. Some people want to go down with the ship. I won’t mourn them.
I’ve had a hard time saying I hate Republicans. I’ve been careful to say I hate what they are doing, etc. Because I don’t believe in hating someone just cause they are different from me, or hold different opinions. @Brassy Rebel, something inside me sang when I read your words:
“Some people want to go down with the ship. I won’t mourn them.”
This is the best F-Off I’ve ever heard. Thank you for putting my feelings into words so succinct they are on fire!
Those stooges will support ANYONE!! T.J. Sabula is my HERO! I will write The Ford Motor Co and tell them if they fire him for standing up to the Orange terd and speaking the TRUTH, I will never buy another car from them ever & my family and my MANY MANY Woke friends won’t either!! Trump is on the losing side now and in deep do do!! Dump the Trumpsters – No loyalty there!! I hope many more people yell, all the stuff Trump doesn’t want to hear,at him all week, and he has a EPIC meltdown!! It’s all the truth and UGO can’t handle the TRUTH!! Lol!
I’ve never been so ready to donate to someone’s goFundMe (if it exists). No profanity, no threatening language, just speaking truth to power.
If TJ Sabula gets a GoFundMe, can you post an update? I would give. This is only non-triggering place I can go for news on this nightmare of a presidency.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/tj-sabula-is-a-patriot
$286,000 raised so far.
There are a few fundraisers on GFM if you search for his name? How to know which is the most accurate? Also, SHAME on Ford for letting Trump tour the factory and for giving him a platform.
The one I linked to is a legit one. And it’s now over $430,000.
Re: GoFundMe for T.J. Sabula – as of 8:13 pm ET, the Detroit Free Press is reporting two GoFundMes have pulled in ~$800K. It also appears that Mr. Sabula and one fund organizer have asked to close donations to the two funds. “We appreciate every…sign of support…and encourage you to look for other causes and organizations to support.”
Release all the Epstein files! Unredacted!
tRump is a “pedophile protector.”
He’s already moved Ghislaine Maxwell to cushier cell.
Same!
I’m glad he seized the moment to confront Trump with a truth he has worked tirelessly to avoid. The realization that he thinks he’s a tough guy but he’s really just trash must have been crushing to his ego.
ICE murders a woman and no investigation. Man speaks truth to power and loses his job. Welcome to America.
Even worse, ICE murders a woman, and instead of investigating the crime, they investigate the victim and her widow.
And several DOJ/US attorneys walked off the job rather than investigate the widow.
And the mayor of Minneapolis was getting so much attention for dropping the F-Bomb. All the respect to him for saying dropping the F-bomb and murder are not the same thing. And yet it got so much attention and hand wringing. Well, where’s that energy for Trump?
If Obama would have done this, heck, if Bush would have it done it too, everyone would have taken them down by now. It would have been worldwide condemnation for either of them. How does this one get away with it? I just don’t understand it.
The Republicans had hissy fits when Obama wore a tan suit, and when Michelle had the nerve to wear a sleeveless dress. (and her arms looked fabulous!) But let a convicted rapist and accused pedophile curse an American worker and they have nothing to say. I’m hoping and praying that the November election will be a huge repudiation of everything Trump.
I am sick and f*cking tired of saying/thinking/hearing: If this was anyone else doing XYZ, they’d be out/finished/etc. This cretin is a literal (barely) walking bag of rotting flesh and sh*t. This country needs to take our trash to the curb once and for all-enough!
Yes! When people go to the polls this November remind them of the President’s message to them, ‘f*ck you!’ That’s what he thinks of all of us!!!
We need more people like TJ Sabula. Watching trump’s angry bitter face contort with uncontrolled rage filled me with joy. He is so f**king pathetic. I am sontired of everyone bowing to him. He’s just a man. A petty, small fisted dumb angry man.
I wrote to the board of Ford and supported his gi fund me.
More Tjs!!!!
Yeah, I’m going to write to them and sell the small amount of Ford stock my dad left me (he worked for Ford for 27 years). So disappointing.
Can’t wait for the Americans to find their spine against this pig, stop been afraid and fight back.
We actually are. Last week, the regime shot one of us in the face. We are angry, not afraid.
I don’t know where you are, Julie, but maybe you aren’t getting the news and videos that show there are massive demonstrations going on all over the U.S. ICE killed a mother who was peacefully observing and then complying when they told her to leave. They dragged a disabled woman from her car for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. They are setting off flash bangs on protesters. Ordinary Americans are out there fighting ICE against kidnapping their neighbors.
Will it take 2,400 of us dead like our Iranian brothers and sisters for you to be satisfied?
The contents of the Epstein files (relative to him) are absolutely worrying him. It’s a f**king cover-up. Members of Congress are trying to get a special master appointed by the courts to force the regime’s compliance with the Epstein files transparency law which Trump himself signed. So TJ Sabula certainly hit a nerve. I hope more people pick up this chant and shout it at him every chance they get. The problem is that he no longer interacts with regular people very much. This is why.
“Trump toured the factory before giving a speech at the Detroit Economic Club. Elsewhere on the tour, Ford workers could be seen cheering and taking selfies with the president.”
It’s giving North Korea.
Actually, Ford can fire him or suspend him without pay because he did it in the workplace. He’s union though and they will fight like hell to save his job.
Will they, though? Sean Fain, head of the UAW, loves the tariffs.
He looks like a bloated corpse in these photos.
I think you meant “demented, confused, angry, cruel bloated corpse.”
Our President giving the finger should go down in history as a memorable moment. So disgusting. Mr. Sabula hit a nerve on that one, huh? Very telling.
My last 3 cars were Fords. If they fire him, I will never buy another one.
I am seriously amazed that your last three cars were Fords.
I read that the President of the UAW supports tariffs. I support making better US cars so i can feel confident purchasing them. Right now if it’s not a Toyota or Honda I won’t buy it.
“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity,” Sabula said. “And today I think I did that.”
What a hero. This guy should never again have to buy his own drinks.
Seriously. Well done, Mr. Sabula. 👏
I love this worker for his courage to speak out. And with social media, he can be heard since all the major news outlets are afraid of the cheeto. And for the cheeto to flip off an American citizen for having an opinion, just shows what a whiny baby he is. You are supposed to represent our country, not just billionaires. Can’t take any criticism, has no idea how to lose gracefully and is a bully. Surrounds himself with suck ups and facists. I hope to see more standing up to this demented, clearly medically unsound pathetic excuse for a person. Just my 2 cents.
Newsflash: Jennifer, there are no more cents. Your 2 cents won’t get you anywhere at all….you must be willing to offer up a minimum 5 cents of attitude! More praise for independent media is good. I like that you said that. I like that you recognize he is supposed to represent the country, not just the billionaires. I like your whole statement, actually. Just needed to point out the discrepancy ~ 2 cents worth of attitude and opinion will now cost you 5 cents. Inflation, right?! (Tongue firmly planted in cheek).
“I’ve got quarters in my loafers, trying to fight inflation, when it only used to take a cent” (Jimmy Buffett 🙂
The magat evangelical hypocrites have been shedding faux scandalized tears because the mayor of Minneapolis appropriately used “Fuck.” It is fascinating how the magats twist themselves into pretzels covering for tangerine tits. Obama was crucified by the FauxNews crowd for wearing a tan suit. None of them are up in arms about the details of mango’s behavior disclosed in the released parts of the Epstein files, any of these vulgar outbursts/dementia indicators or the systematic way his administration is gutting the USA and destroying our standing in the world. The union bosses need to educate their members that mango is their enemy and that kissing mango’s ass is a no no for people who want a living wage and safe working conditions.
Detroiter here…the UAW responded that they believe in freedom of speech and that they will fight for the rights of its members.
Thank goodness!
There is no low low enough to cause the Rethuglicans to abandon their man. If they had film of him strangling Melania or beating her with a bat, there would be no comment from anyone, except maybe, “Papa don’t take no mess.”