US President Donald Trump strayed from his prepared speech at the United Nations on Tuesday to complain about a broken escalator and a malfunctioning teleprompter, using the incidents to say that the UN is not functioning properly.

“All I got from the United Nations was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle,” Trump said in his UNGA speech, waving his hand as he spoke.

However, as per the UN, the problem wasn’t on their side.

UN blames Trump’s videographer

Stephane Dujarric, a spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, said a videographer from the US delegation ran ahead of Trump towards the escalator, which triggered the escalator’s safety mechanism.

“The safety mechanism is designed to prevent people or objects accidentally being caught a

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