White House Press Secretary Demands Investigation Into ‘Bad Escalator’ That Stymied Trump at UN

Sarah Rumpf Sep 23rd, 2025, 6:58 pm

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is demanding an investigation into an escalator that stopped working while President Donald Trump was at the United Nations headquarters on Tuesday, calling for anyone responsible to be “fired.”

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 e

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