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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36393932

The United Nations believes it has solved the mystery of why an escalator abruptly stopped shortly after Donald Trump stepped onto it on Tuesday - his videographer may have accidentally triggered a safety mechanism.

U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said a readout of the escalator’s central processing unit indicated it “had stopped after a built-in safety mechanism on the comb step was triggered at the top of the escalator.”

He said Trump’s videographer had been traveling backwards up the escalator to capture his arrival with First Lady Melania Trump.

  • MisterCurtis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    54·
    5 days ago

    Clearly they do. It was enough of a controversy to warrant one of his rabid lap dogs to say:

    I mean, this is an insurrection. And what we need to do is either leave the UN or we need to bomb it. It is in New York though right? Could be some fallout there. Alright, maybe gas it?

    • Jesse Watters

    So this was important enough to them to suggest bombing and gasing the U.N. over.

    • Pxtl@lemmy.caEnglish
      28·
      5 days ago

      I know I shouldn’t be surprised by how unhinged they are but they still somehow manage to shock me.

      • FaceDeer@fedia.io
        23·
        5 days ago

        Gassing the United Nations over a stuck escalator would sure take everyones’ minds off of the Epistein Files for a bit though.