The mystery behind an escalator that abruptly stopped when US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania hopped on at the United Nations headquarters in New York seems to be have been solved.

The incident triggered a quip from Trump during his hour-long speech at the UNGA, a response White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and grabbed grabbed eyeballs with social media users wondering what may have led to it.

The mystery finally seems to have been solved. The United Nations believes they know who was behind the abrupt halt - Trump's videographer, Reuters reported.

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said that the escalator "had stopped after a built-in safety mechanism on the comb step was triggered at the top of the escalator". The official's assessment was reportedly based on d

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