President Donald Trump is demanding the United Nations investigate the “triple sabotage” against him on Tuesday during his address to the body.
On Wednesday, Trump posted on Truth Social about three incidents on the day of his visit to the UN that need “immediate investigation.” The president said he is sending a copy of his complaints to UN Secretary-General António Guterres. He also called for all security tapes to be saved and stated that the “Secret Service is involved.”
Trump called the series of events “A REAL DISGRACE” and “very sinister.”
As the president was making his way to the main auditorium for his speech, an escalator that he and the first lady had just stepped on immediately stopped working.
“It’s amazing that Melania and I didn’t fall forward onto the sharp edges of these steel steps, face first. It was only that we were each holding the handrail tightly or, it would have been a disaster,” Trump wrote.
The president said the escalator stoppage was “absolutely sabotage” based off reporting from The Times of London ahead of his visit. According to The Times, UN workers joked ahead of Trump’s visit that they would shut off escalators and elevators at the UN headquarters and tell the president that the international body had run out of money.
The president said those responsible for sabotaging the escalator should be arrested.
The next two incidents took place in the auditorium. As Trump prepared to give his remarks, the teleprompter failed to show his speech and remained black for the first 15 minutes, according to the president.
“The good news is the Speech has gotten fantastic reviews. Maybe they appreciated the fact that very few people could have done what I did,” the president wrote.
During his speech, the sound in the auditorium stayed off so that diplomats and officials in the room could not hear Trump unless they listened through earpieces to their interpreters.
“The first person I saw at the conclusion of the Speech was Melania, who was sitting right up front. I said, ‘How did I do?’ And she said, ‘I couldn’t hear a word you said,’” Trump wrote.
“This wasn’t a coincidence, this was triple sabotage at the UN,” the president said.
