Trump demands investigation into alleged 'triple sabotage' at the United Nations

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55% : "Trump said he would be sending a letter to UN leadership as he called for an investigation and the preservation of security tapes from the escalator.
53% : Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz on Wednesday said the embassy, in support of the Secret Service's investigation, has sent formal demands to the UN Secretary General António Guterres about the technical difficulties, which he said include interruptions of Trump's speech with Portuguese interpretation."The
52% : " Trump said he would be sending a letter to UN leadership as he called for an investigation and the preservation of security tapes from the escalator.
49% : " U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz on Wednesday said the embassy, in support of the Secret Service's investigation, has sent formal demands to the UN Secretary General António Guterres about the technical difficulties, which he said include interruptions of Trump's speech with Portuguese interpretation.
46% : Trump then detailed how the teleprompter was initially "stone cold dark" when he went to give his speech to the General Assembly on Tuesday.
46% : Trump then detailed how the teleprompter was initially "stone cold dark" when he went to give his speech to the General Assembly on Tuesday.
45% : The administration and the UN have disputed who was responsible for the minor technical snafu, with a UN official saying it was up to the White House to operate president's prompter while a White House official said it was the UN's apparatus.
45% : While the teleprompter eventually started working, Trump said he was told after his remarks 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.
45% : The administration and the UN have disputed who was responsible for the minor technical snafu, with a UN official saying it was up to the White House to operate president's prompter while a White House official said it was the UN's apparatus.
45% : While the teleprompter eventually started working, Trump said he was told after his remarks 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.
44% : Trump said in a Truth Social post on Wednesday laying out the series of events.
44% : Trump said in a Truth Social post on Wednesday laying out the series of events.
41% : "This wasn't a coincidence, this was triple sabotage at the UN," the president said.
41% : "This wasn't a coincidence, this was triple sabotage at the UN," the president said.
36% : The White House also called for a probe Tuesday afternoon, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt raising concerns over whether the incident was intentional in a social media post, saying, "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."To
35% : "The people that did it should be arrested!"A United Nations spokesperson on Tuesday said that "a built-in safety mechanism" on the escalator was triggered, causing it to stop when President Donald Trump and first lady Melanie Trump attempted to use it.
35% : The White House also called for a probe Tuesday afternoon, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt raising concerns over whether the incident was intentional in a social media post, saying, "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." To support her claim, Leavitt shared a screenshot of an article from the British newspaper The Times published two days earlier that stated: "To mark Trump's arrival, UN staff members have joked that they may turn off the escalators and elevators and simply tell him they ran out of money, so he has to walk up the stairs."
31% : "A REAL DISGRACE took place at the United Nations yesterday -- Not one, not two, but three very sinister events!"
27% : REAL DISGRACE took place at the United Nations yesterday --
25% : ""This was absolutely sabotage," he continued, referencing a report in the London Times over the weekend that said UN staffers had joked about turning off escalators and elevators for Trump's arrival.
21% : It was only that we were each holding the handrail tightly or, it would have been a disaster." "This was absolutely sabotage," he continued, referencing a report in the London Times over the weekend that said UN staffers had joked about turning off escalators and elevators for Trump's arrival.
13% : "No wonder the United Nations hasn't been able to do the job that they were put in existence to do," Trump said in his post as he criticized the technical problems.
13% : "No wonder the United Nations hasn't been able to do the job that they were put in existence to do," Trump said in his post as he criticized the technical problems.
6% : During his speech on Tuesday morning in New York, Trump opened by referencing the technical issues, saying, "These are the two things I got from the United Nations: a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter."
6% : During his speech on Tuesday morning in New York, Trump opened by referencing the technical issues, saying, "These are the two things I got from the United Nations: a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter."

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