Triple sabotage at the United Nations? That’s what President Donald Trump claimed after an escalator, teleprompter, and microphone all failed during his appearance at the UN General Assembly — a sequence he called “sinister” and demanded be investigated at the highest level.
“A REAL DISGRACE took place at the United Nations yesterday — Not one, not two, but three very sinister events!” Trump posted on Truth Social Wednesday. “This wasn’t a coincidence, this was triple sabotage at the UN.” Advertisement
According to Trump, the first failure came as he and First Lady Melania Trump were riding an escalator to the General Assembly. The machine “came to a screeching halt,” he wrote, nearly causing a fall. “It’s amazing that Melania and I didn’t fall forward onto the sharp edges of these stee