Trump criticized the U.N. while speaking at General Assembly on September 23 after experiencing a number of technical difficulties at the conference.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X Tuesday that “If someone at the U.N. intentionally stopped the escalator as the President and First Lady were stepping on, they need to be fired and investigated immediately," However, the U.N. has stated that the escalator likely halted after Trump's videographer accidentally triggered the emergency stop function.
In addition, Trump blamed the U.N. for giving him a teleprompter that did not work. U.N. officials said after Trump's speech that the White House was operating their own teleprompters, and that the U.N. teleprompters were working "perfectly."
