Trump gives heckler the middle finger during Michigan Ford plant visit

Donald Trump gave someone the middle finger on Tuesday, reportedly responding to shouts admonishing him as a "pedophile protector" as he toured a Michigan Ford plant. The celebrity news and gossip site TMZ shared a short video featuring the US president's flustered response to someone heckling off-screen, during which he appears to issue the hand gesture.

Trump spent Tuesday afternoon touring Ford's River Rouge complex in Dearborn before giving a speech at the Detroit Economic Club.

White House communications director, Steven Cheung, didn't confirm whether Trump flashed his middle finger, but said in a statement issued to the Guardian that he gave an "appropriate and unambiguous response" when "a lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage".