Stephen Colbert unpacked President Donald Trump's "campaign of vengeance against his enemies" on Thursday night's Late Show, including "the one foe who refuses to take him up," the United Nations escalator.

On Tuesday, ahead of his speech at the U.N. General Assembly, the president found his ascent literally foiled by a stopped escalator, then by technical issues including a failed teleprompter. Days later, Trump accused the U.N. of "triple sabotage," hitting his social media platform Truth Social with a lengthy post claiming "three very sinister events! This wasn't a coincidence..."

The White House opened an investigation with the Secret Service and demanded the U.N. do the same, with U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric reporting that the escalator "had stopped after a built-in safety m

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