Donald Trump lost his temper and shouted ‘f*** you’ at a worker during a tour of a car factory today, after being called a “paedophile protector”.

Whilst visiting a Ford plant in Detroit, an individual believed to be an employee directed some harsh words towards the President, who reacted in a decidedly unpresidential manner.

“Hey. F*** you,” Trump yelled back at the man, pointing his finger aggressively from a walkway overlooking the factory floor. “F*** you,” he repeated before striding down the gangway and making an obscene gesture at the worker.

The remarkably unpresidential incident occurred just before Trump delivered a rambling, chaotic and frequently racist address at the Detroit Economic Club.

Trump vowed to strip US citizenship from anyone of Somali origin convicted of fraud – a move that would contravene American law. Citizenship can only be withdrawn under extremely restricted circumstances, and solely for offences directly connected to their citizenship status.

“If you come to America to rob Americans, we’re throwing you in jail and we’re sending you back to the country from where you came,” he declared.

Following a week in which multiple US government agencies faced criticism for employing white supremacist-coded language in their social media posts, Trump made a deliberate comment about America deporting Somalis and returning to its “native spirit”. He declared: “As we liberate our country from this cultural scourge and the plague of corruption and fraud, we will rediscover the natural energy and native spirit that truly makes America great again.

“We’re getting them out, we’re getting them out,” he asserted. “And we’re not going to pay them. We’re not going to pay Minnesota any more money…for any of that rubbish.”

He then suggested a cessation of all funding for so-called “Sanctuary Cities” – places where officials are prohibited from questioning public service users about their immigration status.

“Because they do everything possible to protect criminals at the expense of American citizens,” Trump stated. “It brings fraud, crime, all of the other problems that come. So we’re not making any payment to anybody that supports Sanctuary Cities.”

Donald Trump’s administration has promised to unleash a “full range of tools” against Sir Keir Starmer in a deepening row over free speech and plans to crack down on Elon Musk’s X platform. Tech billionaire Musk’s X social media site uses an AI chatbot called Grok, but campaigners are worried the tool is being used  to create “undressed images” of adults and children.

The use of Grok to create sexually explicit content has prompted a wave of concern among British ministers who have expressed support for a UK ban if Ofcom decides to block access to the platform. If X does not comply with UK rules under the Online Safety Act, the watchdog can issue a fine of up to 10% of its worldwide revenue or £18 million, and in extreme cases can get court approval to block the site.

Elon Musk, who was recently seen dining at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in January, fired back at the UK on his X platform, saying the move by Labour to possibly block the site was an “excuse for censorship”. He added “so, what if Grok can put people in bikinis?” and pointed out “millions” of other apps could also do this. Musk has previously stated anyone uploading illegal content created by Grok onto X would suffer consequences.

Now the US State Department’s Sarah B Rogers has thrown her weight behind Musk. In an interview with GB News she compared Britain to the hardline Islamic regime in Iran, saying America has a “full range of tools” to open up internet access in “authoritarian, closed societies where the Government bans it”.

“We are facilitating uncensored internet in Iran right now,” she added, referencing efforts by Elon Musk to hook Iranians up to his Starlink satellite connection.

Ms Rogers added: “With respect to a potential ban of X, Keir Starmer has said that nothing is off the table. I would say from America’s perspective, nothing is off the table when it comes to free speech.

“Let’s wait and see what Ofcom does and we’ll see what America does in response. This is an issue dear to us, and I think we would certainly want to respond.”

Ms Rogers, the US Under-Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, said both Donald Trump and JD Vance were “huge champions” of free speech.

“Our leadership understands this because President Trump was himself a target of censorship. President Trump was banned by Twitter – the old regime before Elon bought it.”

She went on to reference how slain Russian dissident Alexei Navalny compared President Trump’s ban to something Vladimir Putin‘s regime would do.

“You have to take that comparison seriously. That’s why our President cares about this issue – because people couldn’t deal with his popularity, they couldn’t deal with his success, and they tried to just shut him up so no one could hear him.”

Ms Rogers added that if Sir Keir’s administration “cared about women’s safety, it would have acted differently on grooming gangs”, referencing the scandal of children being targeted by grooms of men in towns and cities across the UK.

Sir Keir issued a warning on Monday to Musk’s X, saying the social media site could lose the “right to self regulate”.

The Prime Minister told Labour MPs: “If X cannot control Grok, we will – and we’ll do it fast because if you profit from harm and abuse, you lose the right to self regulate.”

Sir Keir has faced calls to have the Government stop using X altogether and Downing Street said on Monday it was keeping its presence on the platform “under review”.

Grok, developed by another company founded by Mr Musk called xAI, launched a new advanced image generation feature in July last year. But its use for creating nude deepfake images has become widespread over the last few weeks.

Ofcom will investigate the platform to determine whether it has complied with its duty to protect people in the UK from illegal content.

The regulator said: “There have been deeply concerning reports of the Grok AI chatbot account on X being used to create and share undressed images of people – which may amount to intimate image abuse or pornography – and sexualised images of children that may amount to child sexual abuse material.”

Mr Musk has accused the UK Government of being “fascist” and trying to curb free speech in response to its threats.

An Iranian is due to be executed tomorrow, just four days after he was seized for taking part in anti-government protests. Erfan Soltani, 26, was held on Saturday in a brutal crackdown by the teetering regime which has seen more than 500 protesters killed and 10,000 arrested.

The Sun US has reported he was charged with “waging war against God”, which is punishable by death in Iran, following his arrest in the city of Fardis, near Tehran. Supporters say he has not been allowed legal advice and had no chance to defend himself before a verdict of death by hanging was delivered.

He was allowed to see his family for just ten minutes yesterday to say goodbye, according to activists. The National Union for Democracy in Iran said: “He was denied access to a lawyer. Erfan’s only crime was calling for freedom.”

His execution will be the first of a protester since the uprising began at the end of last year. Tehran is now beginning to expedite court hearings so they can execute convicted “ringleaders of unrest.”

Trump threatens military action against Iran, despite Tehran’s plea for negotiation

Donald Trump, one of Iran’s biggest foes, has responded to the deadly crackdown on civilian protests by threatening to use military force on Tehran in order to restore peace. The US president could decide to attack Iran as soon as today, despite Tehran requesting a meeting in a phone call at the weekend. He will be briefed on specific options on Tuesday and could opt for military action despite Iran pleading with him to negotiate.

Iran responded by vowing to target American military and commercial sites if Washington hit them first. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi added: “The Islamic Republic of Iran is not seeking war but is fully prepared for war.” Such an attack would be met with a crushing response, warned Trump. He said: “We will hit them at levels that they’ve never been hit before.” Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei posted a cartoon of a crumbling Trump statue on X and said: “He too will be overthrown.”

Deadly protests – which have taken place at 585 locations in 186 cities in all of Iran’s 31 provinces – have now entered a third week. At least 544 people have been killed, including eight children, with 10,681 arrested, among them 169 youngsters. Football referee Amir Mohammad Koohkan, 26, was among those killed when he was shot in the town of Neyriz. A friend said: “Everyone knew him for his kindness.”

Footage shows dozens of body bags outside Tehran coroner’s office

Footage shows dozens of body bags piled up outside a coroner’s office in Tehran as people form queues to identify the bodies of their loved ones. The Ayatollah’s ruthless security forces are accused of directly killing hundreds of the protesters as they try to tackle the uprising.

Protests first erupted with shopkeepers over soaring inflation but have since dramatically turned towards forcing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei out of power. The growing disdain over Khamenei’s reign has led to the Ayatollah hitting back at the furious mobs taking to the streets.

He has ordered all of the supposed ringleaders of the protests who are now in jail to be sentenced to death and immediately executed. There are now growing fears that many of the executions this week could be done publicly in a show of force against dissidents.

Iran has a dark history of killing off criminals in brutal fashion. In 2025 alone, the regime sent at least 1,200 prisoners to the gallows. Many of the horror stories coming out of Iran are feared to be being buried by the desperate government who imposed an internet blackout last week.