Trump Triple Sabotage: The U.N. Circus That Couldn’t Silence Him
If you’ve ever doubted how useless the United Nations is, they just proved it — with an escalator, a teleprompter, and a microphone. What was supposed to be a routine speech by Donald Trump on the global stage turned into a slapstick performance worthy of a political comedy. And yet, in true Trump fashion, he walked away as the only one who didn’t look foolish.
The U.N. says the escalator was likely stopped when a White House videographer accidentally triggered a safety mechanism. Nonetheless, Secretary-General António Guterres’ office said late Wednesday that it had ordered a “thorough investigation” into the three incidents mentioned by Trump, and was “ready to cooperate in full transparency” to find out what caused them.
That came after Trump posted a 358-word complaint on Truth Social detailing “three very sinister events.”
Aside from the escalator issue, he saw malice in faults with his teleprompter and audio during his speech to the assembly, in which he had initially made light of the issues and told Western nations “your countries are going to hell” over immigration.
“This wasn’t a coincidence, this was triple sabotage at the UN,” Trump wrote. “They ought to be ashamed of themselves. I’m sending a copy of this letter to the Secretary General, and I demand an immediate investigation.” – NBC News
The former president is now calling for a full investigation into what he’s calling “triple sabotage” — three suspicious malfunctions that happened one after another during his appearance. If that sounds dramatic, so was the scene. And if the U.N. thought it would throw him off his game, they were sorely mistaken.
Act One: The Escalator From Hell
The circus began before Trump even opened his mouth. As he and First Lady Melania prepared to make their entrance, the escalator they were standing on suddenly stopped dead. Melania, poised and composed as always, was in front of her husband. Trump later joked that if she “weren’t in such great shape, she might have gone tumbling.” It was the kind of comment only he could pull off — part humor, part jab, and all confidence.
The symbolism wrote itself. The U.N. can’t stop a war, but apparently, they can stop an escalator. Whether it was sabotage or just another example of bureaucratic brilliance at work, it set the tone for what was to come: a global institution with billions in funding and decades of self-importance brought to its knees by basic maintenance.
President Trump blasted the UN, calling it “triple sabotage” after an escalator failure, a dead teleprompter, and sound glitches, saying those responsible “should be arrested.”
Trump said the incidents nearly caused a disaster for him and Melania and confirmed the Secret Service… pic.twitter.com/9c2z8viplM
— AF Post (@AFpost) September 24, 2025
Act Two: Teleprompter Trouble
Once Trump reached the stage, the second act of the farce kicked in. His teleprompter — you know, the thing the U.N. has managed to keep working for hundreds of dreary speeches — suddenly went dark.
Most politicians would panic. Trump didn’t flinch. He kept going, off the cuff, as if he were back on the campaign trail. Diplomats shifted in their seats. U.N. staffers scrambled. Trump, meanwhile, treated it like just another Tuesday. If the plan was to throw him off, it failed spectacularly.
“This is the United Nations,” he quipped afterward. “You’d think they could keep the teleprompters on. Maybe they didn’t want them on.” He wasn’t wrong. These are the same people who lecture sovereign nations about climate change and economic reform — but apparently can’t figure out how to plug something in.
Act Three: The Great Mute Button Mystery
And then came the grand finale. Mid-speech, the audio system failed — or so they said. Suddenly, Trump’s voice wasn’t carrying through the hall. Diplomats scrambled to grab earpieces for translation just to hear what he was saying. Some reported they couldn’t hear him at all.
Was it an accident? Maybe. Or maybe the U.N. was hoping a little “technical issue” might keep his message from landing too hard. Because nothing says “world leadership” like a billion-dollar bureaucracy that can’t handle a microphone.
If it was incompetence, it’s embarrassing. If it was deliberate, it’s even worse — the global stage equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears and humming loudly because you don’t like what’s being said. Either way, Trump wasn’t silenced. He kept going, undeterred and unfazed, while the supposed guardians of international order fumbled with the volume knob.
“Somebody needs to look into this,” he said. “The American people deserve to know.” And he’s right. Because if the U.N. can’t even manage basic stagecraft, how on earth are they supposed to manage global crises?
The Real Joke Is the U.N.
Sure, the escalator might have just broken. The teleprompter could have been having a bad day. And maybe the sound system really did short-circuit. Or maybe the U.N. — an organization famous for corruption, inefficiency, and empty speeches — couldn’t stand the idea of Trump once again stealing the spotlight.
And that’s the thing. He always does. Whether they love him or hate him, they cannot ignore him. He walks into a room full of career bureaucrats and power-hungry diplomats and reminds them that America isn’t there to play along. That’s what really drives them crazy — and what makes every “malfunction” just a little too convenient.
In the end, Trump’s U.N. appearance wasn’t derailed. It was defined by the very people who wanted to humiliate him. They turned the whole event into a comedy of errors, and he still walked out as the headline. The escalator stopped, the teleprompter died, the sound went silent — and Donald Trump kept talking.
The U.N. tried to muffle him. Instead, they just proved why his voice is still the loudest one in the room.
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