Overview

• Video shows the escalator at UN headquarters briefly stopping while President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were on it.
• The UN says a cameraman from Trump’s delegation backed up and accidentally tripped a safety mechanism, after which the escalator was reset and returned to service.
• White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt called for an investigation and raised the possibility of intent, citing a Times of London item about staff joking over funding cuts, without providing evidence.
• The Secret Service will review the incident, according to Berliner Zeitung.
• During Trump’s later UN address, his teleprompter failed; the UN noted the president’s teleprompter is operated by the White House.