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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    14 hours ago

    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.

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      11 hours 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.