These are the two things I got from the United Nations: a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter.

Axar.az informs, citing CBS, this was stated by US President Donald Trump during his speech at the UN.

Shortly after Mr. Trump and first lady Melania Trump entered U.N. headquarters to address world leaders at this year's General Assembly session, they stepped onto an escalator. But the machine ground to a halt almost immediately, forcing both Trumps to start climbing the stairs on their own, videos of his arrival show.

Later, as Mr. Trump began his speech to the General Assembly, he remarked that his teleprompter wasn't working. "I can only say that whoever's operating this teleprompter is in big trouble," the president said, drawing laughs from the audience.

The president brought up the two mishaps later in his speech, framing them as metaphors for what he views as the incompetence of the United Nations — which he accused of offering up little more than "empty words."

"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," the president said.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later floated a different explanation, writing in a post on X: "If someone at the UN intentionally stopped the escalator as the President and First Lady were stepping on, they need to be fired and investigated immediately."