DONALD Trump has slammed the UN for a "triple sabotage" and "sinister events" after he was awkwardly made to trudge up a broken escalator.

The president fumed the people behind the so-called "sabotage" should be arrested as he and Melania could have fallen "face first" on the "sharp" step.

Jumping onto his Truth Social platform he said: "It was only that we were each holding the handrail tightly or, it would have been a disaster."

He was entering the UN headquarters in New York City on Tuesday when the drama started.

Awkward video footage captured the moment Melania , wearing a white suit and white heels, walked in front of her husband and stepped on the escalator after he signaled for her to move forward.

But just seconds after getting on, the stairs came to a complete stop, f

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