Overview

• During the UN General Assembly visit, an escalator halted as President Trump and the first lady stepped on, his teleprompter failed at the start of his speech, and he later complained that auditorium sound was cut.
• Trump called the sequence a "triple sabotage" and said he sent a letter to the secretary‑general demanding an immediate investigation.
• UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the escalator’s safety mechanism was activated unintentionally by a White House videographer who stepped on backward ahead of the president.
• A Secret Service official told AFP they are examining the UN’s account to corroborate it, and no independent finding of deliberate sabotage has been presented.
• The UN noted the president’s teleprompter is managed by the White House and said the hall’s audio system is designed for translation via headsets rather than direct amplification.