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UN responds to Trump about escalator malfunction
ABC News ^ | Sept 24, 2025 | Jon Haworth

Posted on 09/24/2025 5:06:58 AM PDT by McGruff

The United Nations issued a statement about the mishap, saying that the elevator stopping might have been triggered for safety as a videographer was standing backwards ahead of the president trying to film him.

"The safety mechanism is designed to prevent people or objects accidentally being caught and stuck in or pulled into the gearing. The videographer may have inadvertently triggered the safety function described above," the U.N. statement said.

โ€œOur technician, who was at the location, reset the escalator as soon as the delegation had climbed up to the second floor. A subsequent investigation, including a readout of the machine's central processing unit, indicated that the escalator had stopped after a built-in safety mechanism on the comb step was triggered at the top of the escalator,โ€ the U.N. statement continued. โ€œThe safety mechanism is designed to prevent people or objects accidentally being caught and stuck in or pulled into the gearing. The videographer may have inadvertently triggered the safety function described above.โ€

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: enemiesoftheus; escalator; teleprompter; unifil; unitednations; unrwa; untiednations; untruth; videographer; whowasvideographer
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1 posted on 09/24/2025 5:06:58 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Cough cough.


2 posted on 09/24/2025 5:08:13 AM PDT by yldstrk
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To: McGruff

Yeah, yeah, yeah...sure, buddy.


3 posted on 09/24/2025 5:08:45 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: McGruff

Alrighty then:


4 posted on 09/24/2025 5:09:19 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: McGruff

Lies!


5 posted on 09/24/2025 5:09:20 AM PDT by Skwor
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To: McGruff

Transparent bullshit.


6 posted on 09/24/2025 5:09:33 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: McGruff

The safety mechanism worked so well on that escalator, it turned off Trump’s teleprompter so it wouldn’t be so distracting to people.


7 posted on 09/24/2025 5:10:30 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: McGruff

BS


8 posted on 09/24/2025 5:11:31 AM PDT by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: McGruff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xbLO5bB0Tk


9 posted on 09/24/2025 5:12:07 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Lou L

Trump doesn’t use a teleprompter.


10 posted on 09/24/2025 5:12:23 AM PDT by Kleon
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To: Kleon

Sure he does....


11 posted on 09/24/2025 5:16:35 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Lou L

There on the same circuit breaker ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚


12 posted on 09/24/2025 5:17:01 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: McGruff

Tear it down!
Buldoze the lot...
Salt the ground it stood on!


13 posted on 09/24/2025 5:19:03 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: McGruff

Trump now has first-hand proof that the UN building is a derelict in need of demolition and reconstruction. The building is antiquated and unsafe.

Send everyone home until construction is complete. Maybe move it to Brussels for everyone’s safety.


14 posted on 09/24/2025 5:22:01 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: McGruff

The UN will launch a 6-week, $500,000 investigation, then commission a 6-month $2-million study to evaluate all escalators in the building...then a 2-year $10-million project to repair/replace all escalators. Project will take 5 years and cost $17-million. Then the escalators will work backwards.


15 posted on 09/24/2025 5:29:03 AM PDT by wny (s)
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To: McGruff

Honest mistake. Just the sewers suddenly backing up in the UN Headquarters.


16 posted on 09/24/2025 5:29:57 AM PDT by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole-You had so much to offer, why didya offer your soul?)
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To: Sacajaweau

They shouldn’t have messed with his teleprompter...

Autism Capital ๐Ÿงฉ
@AutismCapital

When your wife knows that by cutting your teleprompter they’re going to have to listen to you ramble for an extra hour about whatever comes to your mind. ๐Ÿ˜‚

5:17 PM ยท Sep 23, 2025 1.2M Views

https://x.com/AutismCapital/status/1970598434953667064

Love the pic at the link...


17 posted on 09/24/2025 5:31:29 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)
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To: mewzilla
Trump Gives the UN Both Barrels and It Was GLORIOUS
18 posted on 09/24/2025 5:32:26 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)
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To: McGruff

I thought they liked putting people through meat grinders.


19 posted on 09/24/2025 5:34:19 AM PDT by Track9 (Liberal tears make me smile. Thank you DJT!)
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To: McGruff

LIARS. The UN has got to go. Those third worlders have outlived their usefulness. They need to pack their crap and get the hell out of our sovereign nation. We don’t need their crap anymore. Never really did.


20 posted on 09/24/2025 5:34:37 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (LET'S DO IT ! - Gary Gilmore. Time to knock off the BS.)
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