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What exactly happened to Trump in escalator incident?

The UN says the mechanism may have been inadvertently triggered by a White House videographer.

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by BRIAN ORUTA

World25 September 2025 - 12:12
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Moment escalator at UN stops with Trumps on it/SCREENGRAB

As the United States President, Donald Trump, and First Lady Melania made their way into the United Nations Headquarters on Tuesday, September 23, the escalator the two were using alongside other officials came to an abrupt stop.

The incident was not taken lightly by Trump, who termed it sabotage, and some of the senior officials in his administration, including Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, called for the dismissal of anyone found culpable of deliberately stopping the escalator.

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