The escalator escalation keeps escalating.

President Donald Trump has demanded an investigation into what he called a “triple sabotage” at the United Nations General Assembly , including his unsubstantiated allegation that an escalator was deliberately halted while he and first lady Melania Trump were riding it.

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The U.N. says the escalator was likely stopped when a White House videographer accidentally triggered a safety mechanism . Nonetheless, Secretary-General António Guterres' office said late Wednesday that it had ordered a "thorough investigation" into the three incidents mentioned by Trump, and was "ready to cooperate in full transparency" to find out what caused them.

That came after Trump posted a 35

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