After mechanical challenges, UN says Trump's team to blame for nonworking escalator and teleprompter

[muriel_volestrangler]

Because Trump employs fuck-ups, and blames everyone else:

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump broke from his prepared remarks at the United Nations on Tuesday to bemoan an inoperable escalator and a defective teleprompter, using the incidents to portray the global body as dysfunctional.

“All I got from the United Nations was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle,” he mused, chopping the air with his hand.
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Stephane Dujarric, the U.N. spokesman, said a videographer from the U.S. delegation who ran ahead of him triggered the stop mechanism at the top of the escalator.
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A U.N. official speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue contributed that one to his side as well, saying the White House was operating the teleprompter for the president.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-un-escalator-teleprompter-ddfc0875301f29d71625b353f2c2f832

The article goes on to note the escalators don't work that well at the UN - because the US is behind with its contribution.

[UpInArms]

1. More from your link

In recent months, U.N. offices in New York and Geneva have intermittently turned off elevators and escalators as part of steps to save money because of a “liquidity crisis” at the world body.

That’s due in part to delays in funding from the United States, which is the top donor of the world body.

TFG is just so petty … what a whiny little snowflake … getting the service he deserves

[TxGuitar]

2. Wait, i thought teleprompters were bad

And only cheating, dumb liberal democrat presidents used them?

[tanyev]

3. I look forward to Karoline Leavitt demanding accountability from her co-workers.

[riversedge]

4. Trump "using the incidents to portray the global body as dysfunctional. "....

Well, we know that Trump has no love for the UN--!


President Donald Trump broke from his prepared remarks at the United Nations on Tuesday to bemoan an inoperable escalator and a defective teleprompter, using the incidents to portray the global body as dysfunctional.

[SSJVegeta]

5. I mean. Isnt the UN building in the US?

[Ars Longa]

6. Maybe it was his team......... "On Purpose"?