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The Ford worker who scared the president donald trump during his visit last month to a Michigan auto plant was not disciplined and kept his job, the United Auto Workers union said Monday.
TJ Sabula, 40, called Trump a “pedophile protector” as the president toured the Ford River Rouge complex in Dearborn.
The president responded by uttering the words “f— you” twice and giving the middle finger, according to video of the incident.
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President Donald Trump recognizes employees during a visit to the Ford River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan. (The White House via X)
The president also told Sabula during the exchange that he would be fired, UAW Vice President Laura Dickerson said at a policy conference in Washington on Monday, according to Reuters.
“This is not ‘The Apprentice,'” he told the conference, referring to the reality show that Trump hosted in which he would abruptly fire contestants for poor performance in the competition.
Dickerson said Sabula still has her job and “has no discipline on her record,” stressing that the union supports her right to free speech.
“There was a worker at that plant that day who told Mr. Trump exactly what he thought of him,” Dickerson said. “Unfortunately, at that time, we saw what the current president really thinks about working people and how he responded: He gave us the middle finger.”
Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford said after the factory tour with Trump that the incident was unfortunate and he was embarrassed.
President Donald Trump walks with Ford River Rouge plant manager Corey Williams (right), Ford Motor Company CEO Bill Ford Jr. (left) and Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley (second from right). (Getty Images/Getty Images)
Sabula said shortly after the exchange with the president that he “doesn’t regret anything.”
“As far as calling him, I definitely don’t regret it at all,” Sabula told The Washington Post at the time. He estimated he was about 60 feet from Trump and said the president could hear him “very, very, very clearly.”
He also said he believes he was “targeted for political retribution” to “embarrass Trump in front of his friends.”
“I don’t feel like fate looks at you often, and when it does, you better be ready to take advantage of the opportunity,” he said. “And today I think I did.”
President Donald Trump speaks alongside Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford (second from left) and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) as he tours Ford Motor Company’s River Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan. (Getty Images/Getty Images)
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Sabula described himself at the time as an independent politician who had never voted for Trump but had supported other Republican candidates.
The White House responded to the exchange by arguing that Trump gave an “appropriate” response to the auto worker.
“A madman was yelling expletives in a complete rage, and the president gave an appropriate and unambiguous response,” White House communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement last month.
Reuters contributed to this report.
