Overview
- President Trump alleged a triple "sabotage" at the General Assembly involving an escalator stop, an initial teleprompter blackout and difficulties hearing the speech.
- The UN says the escalator halted when a safety mechanism was accidentally triggered by someone ahead of the president, and it has launched a formal investigation.
- Subsequent reporting attributes the teleprompter failure to an inadvertent action by a White House video technician rather than UN staff.
- The White House demanded accountability, cited a Sunday Times item about UN staff joking over budget cuts, and Trump said the Secret Service is seeking UN security‑camera footage.
- UN officials noted the hall’s audio system prioritizes interpretation channels through earpieces, and no final determination on any malfunction has been released.