NEW YORK — United Nations officials are blaming President Donald Trump’s team for high-profile snafus affecting an escalator and teleprompter during the president’s Tuesday appearance at the world body’s headquarters.

Trump used the embarrassing incidents to portray the global body as dysfunctional but the U.N. says neither one was its fault.

Stephane Dujarric, a U.N. spokesman, said a videographer from Trump’s delegation ran ahead of the president and first lady Melania Trump as they rode up towards the chamber.

The improper action triggered a safety mechanism at the top of the escalator that stopped it from going up. After a jolt, the Trumps were forced to walk up the rest of the way under their own power.

“The safety mechanism is designed to prevent people or objects accidentally be

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