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By Jarrett Renshaw
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the Secret Service was investigating what he described as sabotage at the United Nations, alleging that an escalator malfunction, a teleprompter failure and sound problems disrupted his appearance at the world body a day earlier.
Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform, said an escalator carrying him and his wife Melania came to a screeching halt on the way to the main floor, nearly causing them to fall. He called for the arrest of whoever was responsible.
He also said his teleprompter went dark at the start of his speech and that world leaders in the hall could not hear him because the sound system had failed.
"Not one, not two, but three very sinister events!" Trump wrote.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-secret-probing-sabotage-230247981.html
They're out to get Commander in Chief Cankles.

Hekate
(99,632 posts)Off with their heads!
LetMyPeopleVote
(170,526 posts)
muriel_volestrangler
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LetMyPeopleVote
(170,526 posts)
newdeal2
(4,251 posts)Maybe well have a peaceful weekend while hes wrapped up in escalator-gate.
dalton99a
(90,452 posts)chouchou
(2,398 posts)WHAT ??? "Escalator comes to screeching halt"
Are we talking about an escalator that travels about 1.0042 miles per hour....
....OR the escalator with the 476 cubic inch Hemi engine ?
Jesus Christ! Screeching halt !!
C_U_L8R
(48,180 posts)If they really wanna know, it was Bat Boy.
allegorical oracle
(5,753 posts)Totally Tunsie
(11,293 posts)Clown trump has done such a massively successful job of cleaning major cities of all major crime that there is nothing else left for the Secret Service to investigate or diffuse. Just as the National Guard is now assigned to municipal gardening duties, thus should the Secret Service be placed in charge of mechanical maintenance. We certainly can't have their talents and our tax dollars going to waste when there are hours of billable time to fill.
sakabatou
(45,359 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(21,020 posts)I read elsewhere that someone from HIS camera crew accidentally kicked the safety STOP button.
struggle4progress
(124,703 posts)Crazy fuckwads with shoulder chips and guns urgently contacting mother ship for instructions
LetMyPeopleVote
(170,526 posts)Some Republicans suggested the U.N. had targeted Donald Trump with an escalator malfunction. Evidently, the truth was more benign.
The rapid rise and sudden fall of the United Nations escalator âcontroversyâ www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
— Margie (@paeznyc.bsky.social) 2025-09-24T21:18:52.855Z
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/rapid-rise-sudden-fall-united-nation-escalator-controversy-rcna233450
Evidently, the truth was more benign. NBC News reported:
The United Nations has concluded its one-day investigation into the mysterious halting of President Donald Trumps escalator Tuesday as he arrived at the U.N. General Assembly. The accidental culprit? A White House videographer who most likely tripped a safety mechanism.
A U.N. spokesperson explained: The escalator had stopped after a built-in safety mechanism on the comb step was triggered at the top of the escalator. The safety mechanism is designed to prevent people or objects accidentally being caught and stuck in or pulled into the gearing. The [White House] videographer may have inadvertently triggered the safety function described above......
All of this, of course, came before the public learned that it was a White House videographer that apparently triggered the escalators safety measures.
Kevin Kruse, a historian at Princeton University, noted soon after: This is the perfect encapsulation of Trumpism because of its obsession with imagery, the White House crew caused a problem but blamed it on other people, leading to MAGA making threats against the United Nations for their own screw up.
Totally Tunsie
(11,293 posts)Ping Tung
(3,765 posts)OMG! He MIGHT have TRIPPED and got another scratch or bone spur.
I'm 81 years old and have NEVER tripped, fell, bumped, stubbed my toe, twisted or broke a gone.............other than the few hundred times that I did.
LudwigPastorius
(13,502 posts)Rob H.
(5,721 posts)A sinister event is waking up to find a horse's head in your bed. All these things are minor inconveniences with the exception of the sound system making it hard for attendees to hear him, which they probably viewed as a godsend.
LuckyCharms
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