In a message on social networks, president described the problems in the organization as ‘very claims’, asked for the arrest of those responsible and said the US secret service was also investigating
The United Nations informed the president of, who opened an “exhaustive investigation” about what the Republican leader qualified as “triple sabotage” during his visit to the organization’s headquarters. Washington sent, on Wednesday (24), a letter to the secretary general of António Guterres, demanding explanations about the failure in a escalator that stopped when Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, rose, as well as the malfunction of the teleprrompter and the sound system.
“The secretary general informed the permanent mission of the United States that he had already ordered an exhaustive investigation and expressed that the UN is willing to cooperate with total transparency with the US authorities to determine the causes of incidents,” said Guterres spokesman Stéphane Dujaric.
In a long, irritated message on social networks, Trump described the setback series as “very sinister,” asked the arrest of those responsible and said the United States secret service was also investigating. “It was not a coincidence, it was a triple sabotage in the UN. They should be ashamed,” he wrote on his platform, Truth Social. “I demand immediate investigation,” he added.
The technical problems pursued Trump before and during their speech at the UN General Assembly in New York. Images showed the 79-year-old president and Melania Trump climbing on a escalator on Tuesday (23), when she stopped abruptly. Later, when he started his speech, he pointed out that Teleprompter was not working. Much of his oratory was devoted to criticizing the UN, accusing her of funding the irregular migration that was turning the United States and European countries into a “hell” and not supporting their peace efforts on and in. Although Trump initially demonstrated a tone of joke about the incident with the escalator, his attitude hardened the next day. The UN insisted that Teleprompter was operated by the White House.
Regarding the ladder, Dujaric informed journalists on Wednesday that an American delegation cameraman who was filming on the stairs accidentally called a switch that made his mechanism stop. Trump also complained that the speaker system was manipulated so that his one-hour speech could not be heard. “The sound system was designed so that participants could hear the speeches translated into six languages via headphones,” said a UN employee who spoke on condition of anonymity.
*With information from AFP
Posted by Nicolas Robert
