"Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were at the UN building Tuesday, where the president would deliver an hour-long speech to the UN General Assembly that lambasted other member nations and included a number of false claims that were swiftly fact-checked. Right after the president and his wife stepped onto the escalator, it stopped suddenly. After pausing for a few moments, they continued walking up the escalator that was now temporarily stairs. Later during Trump's remarks, he complained about the bad escalator."
"If someone at the UN intentionally stopped the escalator as the President and First Lady were stepping on, they need to be fired and investigated immediately. She also included a screenshot from an article from the Times of London reporting that UN staff members have joked that they may turn off the escalators and elevators and simply tell [Trump] they ran out of money, so he has to walk up the stairs."
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt demanded an immediate investigation and firing if UN staff intentionally stopped an escalator while President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump stepped on it. Trump and Melania attended the United Nations General Assembly where the president delivered an hour-long speech criticizing other nations and making claims fact-checkers contested. The escalator stopped suddenly as they stepped onto it; after pausing they walked up while it acted as stairs. During his remarks Trump later complained about the malfunction. Leavitt posted a tweet and included a screenshot of a Times of London report that UN staff joked about turning off escalators.
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