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Source: United Nations – United Nations –
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September 24, 2025 UN
The UN spokesperson explained in detail the cause of the escalator incident at the UN headquarters on Tuesday, which left President Donald Trump and the First Lady of the United States stuck. According to Stéphane Dujarric, a technical investigation was conducted, which revealed that the escalator stopped after a safety mechanism was activated.
As a reminder, on Tuesday morning, the US President, accompanied by Melania Trump and members of the American delegation, arrived at the UN headquarters building, passed through the security checkpoint, and stepped onto the escalator.
"To capture their arrival, a videographer from the U.S. delegation entered the escalator ahead of the President and First Lady," the UN press secretary said in a statement. "When the videographer, traveling backwards on the escalator, reached the top, the First Lady, followed by President Trump, ascended the steps below."
At that moment, at 9:50 a.m., the escalator stopped.
"Our technician, who was on-site, restarted the escalator," Dujarric reported. "A subsequent investigation, including a readout of the machine's central processing unit, revealed that the escalator stopped after a built-in safety mechanism on the top step was activated. This safety mechanism is designed to prevent people or objects from accidentally becoming trapped or pulled into the mechanism. The camera operator may have inadvertently triggered the safety function described above."
Speaking at the General Assembly after the incident, President Trump said the following: "Here are two things I got from the United Nations: a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter. If the First Lady hadn't been in top shape, she would have fallen, but she's in top shape."
The American leader later wrote on his social network Truth Social that these two events made his speech at the 80th session of the General Assembly “more interesting.”
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