'3 Very Sinister Events': Trump calls for probe over UN 'Triple Sabotage' - The Statesman

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : Trump said he had to deliver the first 15 minutes of his speech from memory, but claimed it was well received.
49% : "And third, after making the Speech, I was told that the sound was completely off in the Auditorium where the Speech was made, that World Leaders, unless they used the interpreters' earpieces, couldn't hear a thing," Trump said.
45% : According to a report by Times of London, UN staffers were overheard joking that they might make President Trump walk to the hall to deliver his speech.
44% : This wasn't a coincidence, this was triple sabotage at the UN," he said.
37% : He referred to a report in The London Times that UN workers were overheard "joking about turning off the escalator".
37% : No wonder the United Nations hasn't been able to do the job that they were put in existence to do.
37% : He said that the UN has aided migrants in "violating and assaulting" the borders of Western countries and provided cash, debit cards, and transportation to help migrants illegally enter Western countries.
32% : He has also demanded an official inquiry from the UN, calling the episode a "disgrace" and suggesting it may have been an intentional attempt to undermine him on the world stage.
32% : Trump concluded that the combination of incidents was not a coincidence, but a coordinated act of "triple sabotage."
32% : White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a post on X that "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."
27% : According to Trump, the first issue occurred when he and First Lady Melania Trump were ascending an escalator to the main speaking floor, which suddenly came to a screeching halt.
27% : "The people who did it should be arrested," Trump demanded, calling the incident "absolute sabotage.
26% : Finally, Trump said that after the speech, he learned that the sound system in the General Assembly hall was not functioning properly.
19% : It was only that we were each holding the handrail tightly or, it would have been a disaster," Trump wrote on Truth social .
18% : President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he was the victim of "three very sinister events" during his recent visit to the United Nations headquarters in New York and said the incidents were so serious that the Secret Service is now investigating.
18% : President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he was the victim of "three very sinister events" during his recent visit to the United Nations headquarters in New York and said the incidents were so serious that the Secret Service is now investigating.
18% : In a strongly worded post on Truth Social, Trump described the experience at the United Nations as "A REAL DISGRACE" and said that "Not one, not two, but three very sinister events" -- the abrupt halting of an escalator, a non-functional teleprompter, and a complete audio failure in the hall -- were deliberate attempts to embarrass him on the global stage.
17% : The controversy comes in the context of Trump's long-standing criticism of the UN.
9% : In his speech to the General Assembly, delivered without a functioning teleprompter for the first portion,Trump again criticized the UN for failing to fulfill its global peacekeeping role and for allegedly aiding illegal immigration into the US.

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