Secret Service Launches Investigation After UN Staffers Deliberately Stopped Escalator as Trump and First Lady Stepped On

4President Donald Trump’s return to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City was marred by a shocking security breach, raising alarms about deliberate interference targeting the leader of the free world.

The White House demanded answers Tuesday after reports surfaced that UN staffers intentionally halted an escalator just as President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump stepped on, en route to his General Assembly address.

"If someone at the UN intentionally stopped the escalator as the President and First Lady were stepping on, they need to be fired and investigated immediately," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated.

"If we find that these were UN staffers who were purposefully trying to trip up President Trump and FLOTUS, well, there better be accountability for those people," she added.

The incident unfolded at 8:50 a.m. President Trump and First Lady Melania navigated a crowded UN delegates’ entrance.

Two escalators led to the next floor.

Melania stepped onto the left escalator, followed by Trump.

The escalator abruptly stopped, leaving Trump momentarily stalled, while the right-hand escalator continued to function.

Melania swiftly ascended the stairs, with Trump and his entourage in tow.

The Secret Service launched an investigation.

"Sources in the Secret Service community are very concerned about what they witnessed from fellow agents today when President Trump was stalled and vulnerable. It’s a similar critique to the Secret Service’s delayed response in getting Trump off stage after a bullet grazed his ear on July 13," RealClearPolitics reporter Susan Crabtree reported following the security breaches.

UN spokesperson Stefan Dujarric claimed the stoppage was accidental.

"President Trump, accompanied by the First Lady and his delegation, arrived at UN headquarters this morning and entered through the delegates’ entrance. After passing security, they approached the escalator," Dujarric said. "A U.S. delegation videographer, moving backward up the escalator to film, reached the top just as the First Lady, followed by Trump, stepped on at the bottom. The escalator stopped at that moment."

He continued, "Our technician reactivated it immediately after the delegation reached the second floor. A later check, including a read of the escalator’s central processing unit, showed the stop was due to a built-in safety mechanism at the top being triggered. It’s designed to prevent people or objects from being caught or sucked into the system. The photographer likely activated it unintentionally.”

Compounding the chaos, Trump’s teleprompter failed during his speech.

"Whoever’s running it is in big trouble,” the president warned at the top of his address.

"All I got from the UN is an escalator that, on the way up, stopped halfway right in the middle. If the First Lady weren’t in great shape, she’d have fallen," Trump later quipped. "That’s two things I got from the UN: a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter."

Trump also lambasted the UN, stating, "It has enormous potential but isn’t even close to realizing it,” and claimed he resolved seven global conflicts, including Cambodia-Thailand and Israel-Iran, saying, “It’s sad I had to do these things instead of the UN.”The UN’s excuses ring hollow.

This "Escalatorgate" reeks of deliberate sabotage, echoing a pattern of hostility toward a president who dares to challenge the globalist status quo.

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