Washington, Sept 24, 2025 (AFP) - Escalatorgate: Trump demands probe into UN 'triple sabotage'

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2025-09-25

US President Donald Trump demanded an investigation Wednesday into what he called "triple sabotage" after an escalator, teleprompter and sound system malfunctioned as addressed the United Nations. The UN has said the events which happened while Trump was at its headquarters in New York on Tuesday were accidental, and partly blamed them on White House staff. But in a long, angry social media post, Trump described the string of mishaps on Tuesday a......

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