On Wednesday, President Donald Trump called for a United Nations investigation into an escalator that made him look foolish ahead of his speech before the General Assembly. But evidence indicates that his own team was responsible for the incident.
In a post to his Truth Social account, Trump called on Secretary-General António Guterres to investigate why an escalator suddenly stopped when he and first lady Melania Trump were on their way to the speech.
“It stopped on a dime. It’s amazing that Melania and I didn’t fall forward onto the sharp edges of these steel steps, face first. It was only that we were each holding the handrail tightly or, it would have been a disaster,” Trump complained.
He added, “The people that did it should be arrested!”
Trump said “all security tapes at the esc