The United States Secret Service (USSS) federal law agency will investigate whether President Donald Trump was intentionally sabotaged by United Nations staffers after they reportedly “joked” about stopping the escalator before this week’s meeting of the General Assembly in New York City.
While President Trump made light of the apparent mishap of the U.N. escalator shutting off as he and First Lady Melania Trump stepped onto it on Tuesday morning, the issue may not be such a laughing matter, with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt revealing that the Secret Service will investigate the matter.
Before the 80th meeting of the General Assembly, London’s Sunday Times reported that some U.N. staffers had joked that they might turn off the escalators and elevators upon Trump’s arr