United States President Donald Trump has demanded an investigation into “triple sabotage” he claims he suffered during a visit to the United Nations.
In a social media post on Wednesday, Trump said he had written a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres demanding an inquiry into three separate incidents involving an escalator, a teleprompter and sound issues at the international body’s New York headquarters.
In an incident shortly before his speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were forced to walk up an escalator when the stairway came to an abrupt halt moments after they stepped on.
Trump appeared to brush off the incident at the time, joking about the escalator and a “bad” teleprompter during his speech.
But in a sharp shift in ton