Oops! UN official reveals who is 'responsible' for Donald Trump's escalator malfunction

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https://www.irishstar.com/news/politics/un-official-reveals-who-responsible-35954343
According to reporting from Associated Press U.N. Correspondent Farnoush Amiri, one of Trump's aides from the president's group ran ahead of him on the escalator and accidentally tripped the emergency stop mechanism.

"A U.N. official said the UN understands that someone from the president’s party who ran ahead of him inadvertently triggered the stop mechanism on the escalator. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the White House was operating the teleprompter for Trump," Amiri wrote on X.

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1. He took one for the team

Otherwise they would have to report the Pisswig set off the overload sensors …
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2. ROFL

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3. Imagine the speech he wanted to give!

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4. lolol

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6. What a clown show

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5. Sounds about as likely as any of Trump's tall tales.

How the hell would you "inadvertently" trip the stop mechanism?? And, just as the fat man stepped onto the escalator...

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7. Karoline Leavitt says fire them if deliberate

OK. Apparently, one of the orange racist’s staff leading the way deactivated the escalator power.
Peace ☮️


https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-united-nations-escalator-white-house-firing-rcna233297

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8. Incompetence is strong in this administration

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11. Can't wait for Lawrence

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13. Me, too!

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9. Every day a new record is being set for how many clowns a car can hold ;) n/t

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12. It's a very large car to hold so many

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10. Unemployment just went up by one

Pretty sure Kash Patel is breathing easier.

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14. MaddowBlog-The rapid rise and sudden fall of the United Nations escalator 'controversy'

Some Republicans suggested the U.N. had targeted Donald Trump with an escalator malfunction. Evidently, the truth was more benign.

The rapid rise and sudden fall of the United Nations escalator ‘controversy’ www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Margie (@paeznyc.bsky.social) 2025-09-24T21:18:52.855Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/rapid-rise-sudden-fall-united-nation-escalator-controversy-rcna233450

During his ridiculous address to the U.N. General Assembly, Donald Trump covered quite a bit of ground, but his speech included a curious reference to, of all things, an escalator......

Evidently, the truth was more benign. NBC News reported:

The United Nations has concluded its one-day investigation into the mysterious halting of President Donald Trump’s escalator Tuesday as he arrived at the U.N. General Assembly. The accidental culprit? A White House videographer who most likely tripped a safety mechanism.

A U.N. spokesperson explained: “The escalator had stopped after a built-in safety mechanism on the comb step was triggered at the top of the escalator. The safety mechanism is designed to prevent people or objects accidentally being caught and stuck in or pulled into the gearing. The [White House] videographer may have inadvertently triggered the safety function described above.”.....

All of this, of course, came before the public learned that it was a White House videographer that apparently triggered the escalator’s safety measures.

Kevin Kruse, a historian at Princeton University, noted soon after: “This is the perfect encapsulation of Trumpism — because of its obsession with imagery, the White House crew caused a problem but blamed it on other people, leading to MAGA making threats against the United Nations for their own screw up.”

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15. So typical

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16. This is getting silly and the internet is responding to trump's fixation on escalators

I like the Onion's suggestion

Link to tweet

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17. Bwaaaah😂