The escalator at the UN headquarters immediately stopped when Donald Trump and Melania Trump stepped on it
President Trump was visibly unhappy with the "bad escalator" at the UN. The press secretary speculated that the escalator was stopped on purpose to humiliate President Trump, but the UN said a safety function may have been inadvertently triggered.
Trump's bad luck continued when his teleprompter was not working for the start of the speech.
"Whoever is operating this teleprompter is in big trouble," Trump said.
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He then went on to – apparently jokingly – link the two incidents to what he said were the UN's multiple failings, including a lack of support for his peace efforts in a series of conflicts.
"I ended seven wars, dealt with the leaders of each and every one of these countries, and never even received a phone call from the United Nations," Trump said.
"All I got from the United Nations was an escalator that, on the way up, stopped right in the middle. If the first lady wasn't in great shape, she would have fallen, but she's in great shape. We're both in good shape."
He added: "These are the two things I got from the United Nations, a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter. Thank you very much."
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