Donald Trump and first lady Melania were forced to walk up a broken escalator at the United Nations prompting an angry response from the president during his address to the General Assembly. During a fiery and hectoring speech, Trump told the global body “all I got from the United Nations was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle. If the first lady wasn't in great shape, she would have fallen, but she's in great shape.” He continued “This is these are two things I got from the United Nations, a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter. Thank you very much. And by the way, it's working now.”

Donald Trump and first lady Melania were forced to walk up a broken escalator at the United Nations prompting an angry response from the president during his address to the…

President’s escalator grinds to a halt on his way to General Assembly, then teleprompter fails to work

First the escalator broke down when Melania Trump stepped on it, then the president’s teleprompter stopped working. Were the glitches intentional acts of protest?

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt raged after Trump was forced to walk up an escalator when it broke as the couple entered the UN headquarters in Manhattan.

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations believes it has solved the mystery of why an escalator abruptly stopped shortly after US President Donald Trump stepped onto it on Tuesday — his…

Trump jokingly complained about the incident during his speech to world leaders earlier on Tuesday after the teleprompter also didn't work.

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations believes it has solved the mystery of why an escalator abruptly stopped shortly after US President Donald Trump stepped onto it on Tuesday — his…

President Donald Trump used an inoperable escalator and a defective teleprompter at the United Nations to paint the global body as dysfunctional.

The US president's videographer "may have inadvertently triggered the safety function" while capturing his arrival, the UN says.

Press secretary speculates the escalator stopped on purpose to humiliate president, but UN says safety function may have been ‘inadvertently triggered’

A UN investigation concluded that a videographer may have mistakenly triggered a safety function on the escalator that halted with Trump aboard.

The United Nations said that it was President Donald Trump's own team that caused escalator issues that the president has complained about since his UN speech.

I'll always remember where I was on the day an escalator at the United Nations stalled, forcing my president, Donald Trump, to climb a set of stairs.

From malfunctioning escalators to nonfunctional teleprompters, it’s safe to say Trump’s visit to the United Nations on Tuesday wasn’t the smoothest.

It can’t agree on many things and can’t enforce the decisions when it does. Sean O’Grady looks at the point of the United Nations and whether the United States could really help…

Trump claims teleprompter and audio issues, and a stopped escalator that UN says may be due to US delegation staffer

The US president called the incidents that included an escalator and teleprompter mishap "a real disgrace".

As Michael Waltz stressed, the United States will not tolerate threats to its "security or dignity" at international forums