Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump’s ‘Triple Sabotage’ Claim With Sherlock Holmes Skit

David Gilmour Sep 26th, 2025, 6:02 am

Stephen Colbert devoted much of his Thursday monologue on to mockingly investigating President Donald Trump’s claim of “triple sabotage” during his United Nations appearance this week.

Trump took to Truth Social on Wednesday with a lengthy post alleging “three very sinister events” during his appearance at United Nations headquarters, and demanded an “immediate investigation” into malfunctions with an escalator, the teleprompter, and the sound system.

Colbert replayed footage of Trump’s stumble as the escalator suddenly stopped, adding that the president “just will not let it go.” In his post, Trump described the halted escalator as nearly catastrophic, later

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