Trump accuses UN of triple sabotage after UNGA glitches

President Donald Trump accused the United Nations of "triple sabotage" on Wednesday after a series of technical problems disrupted his arrival at and address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, and he demanded an immediate investigation with U.S. security involvement. The incidents included an escalator that stopped as he and the first lady mounted it, a teleprompter that failed at the start of his speech, and an audio configuration that Trump said prevented attendees from hearing him without interpreters' earpieces.

Video of the arrival shows the escalator stopping abruptly shortly after Melania Trump and the president stepped on. U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said preliminary findings indicated the escalator halted after a built in safety mechanism at the top of the stairs was triggered and that a videographer from the U.S. delegation who was filming while walking backward up the escalator may have inadvertently activated the stop function. Dujarric said a U.N. technician reset the escalator once the delegation reached the second floor.

Trump posted on his social media platform that the three events were "very sinister" and "not a coincidence," adding that...