White House Press Secretary Demands Investigation Into ‘Bad Escalator’ That Stymied Trump at UN
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is demanding an investigation into an escalator that stopped working while President Donald Trump was at the United Nations headquarters on Tuesday, calling for anyone responsible to be “fired.”
Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were at the UN building Tuesday, where the president would deliver an hour-long speech to the UN General Assembly that lambasted other member nations and included a number of false claims that were swiftly fact-checked.
Right after the president and his wife stepped onto the escalator, it stopped suddenly. After pausing for a few moments, they continued walking up the escalator that was now temporarily stairs.
Later during Trump’s remarks, he complained about the “bad escalator.”
Leavitt posted a tweet about the escalator situation, writing, “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.” She also included a screenshot from an article from the Times of London reporting that “UN staff members have joked that they may turn off the escalators and elevators and simply tell [Trump] they ran out of money, so he has to walk up the stairs.”
Watch the clip above via CNN.
