After an escalator, teleprompter, and sound system malfunctioned while he was speaking at the UN, US President Donald Trump demanded an investigation on what he termed “triple sabotage.”
The UN has claimed that Trump’s events on Tuesday at its New York headquarters were unintended and partly due to White House staff.
Trump, however, criticized the string of mishaps as “very sinister” in a protracted, angry social media post, demanded that people be detained, and claimed that the Secret Service was conducting inquiries as well.
“This was triple sabotage at the UN, not a coincidence.” Trump claimed on his Truth Social platform that they should be ashamed of themselves.
I’m requesting an investigation right away by submitting a copy of this letter to the Secretary General. It’s no wonder the UN hasn’t been able to accomplish the task for which it was created.
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The 79-year-old president and First Lady Melania Trump were seen on camera entering UN headquarters on Tuesday, but footage from the elevator abruptly stopped and forced them to climb.
Then, as he began his speech, he noticed that his teleprompter wasn’t functioning.
The majority of his speech was spent criticizing the world body, accusing it of funding illegal migration that was “hell” and failing to back his peace efforts in Gaza and Ukraine.
‘Disgrace’
However, after the escalator, Trump’s mood turned more sour a day later, when he made a mostly jokey face.
Yesterday, the United Nations hosted a REAL DISGRACE. Not just one, but three ominous, ominous, events”! he wrote.
Trump claimed that the escalator stop was a “real disaster.”
He said, “It’s amazing that Melania and I didn’t face first and fall forward onto these steel steps’ sharp edges.
Trump then blasted the UN auditorium’s “completely off” sound and that his teleprompter for his speech was “stone cold dark” for the first 15 minutes.
The Secret Service is involved, the US president demanded that the security tapes for the elevator be saved.
UN Points at White House
A videographer from the US delegation “may have unintentionally triggered the safety function” on the escalator, according to UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric in a statement on Tuesday.
Since the White House runs the teleprompter for the US president, he said, “we have no comment.”
Under the condition of anonymity, a Secret Service official told AFP that the agency was “investigating what the UN said to support it.”
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A UN official who was also speaking on condition of anonymity pointed to Dujarric’s earlier statement when Trump made a comment on the post on Wednesday.
The official explained that the sound system was designed to allow earpieces to be used to hear speeches being translated into six different languages.
The newly appointed US ambassador, Mike Waltz, stated on X that he had formally demanded a detailed explanation of the teleprompter failure’s root cause as well as “immediate plans to implement robust preventive measures.” Waltz also stated on X that he had formally demanded “complete results” from the UN’s investigation into the escalator incident.
