US EditionTrump calls for ‘triple sabotage’ investigation over UN escalator, teleprompter, audio issues
- President Donald Trump attended the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, where an escalator abruptly stopped as he and First Lady Melania rode it, forcing them to walk up.
- Trump attributed the escalator halt, teleprompter failure, and audio issues to deliberate disruption, calling it 'triple sabotage' and demanding an immediate investigation.
- U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric explained that a U.S. videographer may have accidentally triggered the escalator’s safety mechanism, designed to prevent injuries.
- Trump described the events as 'very sinister,' stated 'the people that did it should be arrested,' and said he was sending a letter to the U.N. Secretary-General.
- The U.S. Secret Service began investigating the incidents, while Ambassador Mike Waltz demanded swift cooperation and detailed explanations from the U.N.
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Trump calls for an investigation into three ‘sabotage’ events at the UN – CLG News
Trump calls for an investigation into three ‘sabotage’ events at the UN | 24 Sept 2025 | President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked United Nations Secretary General António Guterres to investigate three incidents that occurred at the UN General Assembly a day earlier, including an escalator malfunction. Trump said the three issues were the escalator, his teleprompter malfunction and an audio issue in which people in the audience could not hear th…
Trump Calls For UN Investigation Over Escalator Malfunction
Source: Xinhua News Agency / Getty On Tuesday, President Donald Trump stood on stage at the United Nations General Assembly and told world leaders, “Your countries are going to hell.” He also essentially told them that they’ve done nothing but sit on their hind parts while he unilaterally solves all the wars in the world, that the entire continent of Europe is “in serious trouble,” and that its leaders “are doing nothing about it.” However, ther…
Trump is accusing the U.N. of ‘sabotage.’ The U.N. says Trump’s team is to blame
President Trump is alleging “triple sabotage” of his speech at the U.N. General Assembly, demanding an investigation into back-to-back mishaps with an escalator, a teleprompter and a sound system — for which the U.N. is at least partially blaming the White House.“A REAL DISGRACE took place at the United Nations yesterday — Not one, not two, but three very sinister events!” Trump wrote in a Wednesday Truth Social post. “This wasn’t a coincidence,…
Trump Demands UN Probe Over ‘Triple Sabotage’ Mishaps
Donald Trump says his trip to the UN turned into a three-act drama — and he’s calling it “triple sabotage.” In a fiery post on Truth Social, the president claimed an escalator jolted to a halt as he and First Lady Melania Trump stepped on. His teleprompter went dark mid-speech, and the auditorium’s audio mysteriously failed.“Not one, not two, but three very sinister events!” he wrote, vowing to demand a probe from UN Secretary-General António Gu…
Trump says the broken UN escalator could have gravely injured him and Melania · American Wire News
President Donald Trump called for arrests and an investigation into the “very sinister events” that unfolded during his visit to the United Nations this week. The president unloaded in a Truth Social post about his experience at the New York City-based headquarters, where he addressed the General Assembly in a speech that was hindered by a frozen teleprompter and bad audio. This was after what “would have been a disaster” after he and First Lady…
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