DONALD Trump got a rocky start ahead of his address at the United Nations, as his escalator abruptly stopped the moment he and First Lady Melania stepped on.
Trump accused the global organization of being useless after he was forced to trudge up the stairs and give a speech with a broken teleprompter.
Melania and Donald Trump glared over their shoulders after the escalator at the United Nations headquarters abruptly stoppedAP
He was walking through the headquarters in New York City and smiling at reporters as they fired off questions on Tuesday when the issues started.
Awkward video footage captured the moment Melania, wearing a white suit and white heels, walked in front of her husband and stepped on the escalator after he signaled for her to move forward.
But just seconds after getting on, the stairs came to a stop, forcing the first lady to tightly grip the railing and keep herself from stumbling.
Melania and Trump whipped their heads around to see what was going on before they walked up the stagnant stairs while an empty escalator beside them ran smoothly.
At the top of the stairs, Trump was greeted by a woman, and the first thing he said to her was, “Your escalator just broke.”
When the president took the stage to give an address later that morning, he was stunned to learn that his teleprompter wasn’t working.
He started his speech by joking about the broken tech and bringing up the escalator error.
Despite the difficulties, Trump said that he was “very happy” to be on the stage and said he could speak “more from the heart.”
“I can only say that whoever is operating the teleprompter is in big trouble,” joked the president.
Later on in the address, Trump accused the UN of merely sending “strongly worded” letters to countries in conflict instead of negotiating peace.
The president praised his strong-arm approach and said that he was responsible for bringing seven wars to a close.
These include conflicts between Cambodia and Thailand; Kosovo and Serbia; Congo and Rwanda; Pakistan and India; Israel and Iran; Egypt and Ethiopia; and Armenia and Azerbaijan.
He blasted, “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’ve fallen.”
TRUMP’S SPEECH
Trump dedicated most of his address to his administration’s wins, and urged his opponents to follow the path he’s paved since stepping back into office.
He told assembly members to end the “failed experiment of open borders” and said, “The United Nations is funding an assault on Western countries” with liberal immigration policies.
The president took a shot at London’s left-leaning mayor Sadiq Khan, and said the city is headed for “Sharia law,” which is based on religious rules from the Islamic tradition.
He also slammed climate change as the “greatest con job ever perpetrated in the world,” in the midst of the UN’s Climate Week, which promotes the acceleration of green energy initiatives.
“Get away from the green scam or your countries will fail,” he said.
Trump said that many of his actions have been worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize, and that “everyone” says he should get it.
“Everyone says that I should get the Nobel Peace Prize for each one of these achievements, but for me, the real prize will be the sons and daughters who live to grow up with their mothers and fathers, because millions of people are no longer being killed in endless and unglorious wars,” he said.
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