Trump jokes about broken escalator and teleprompter issues at UN speech

President Donald Trump laughed of world leaders inside moments of the stage on the Normal Assembly of the United Nations on Tuesday.

Trump joked a couple of damaged escalator within the UN constructing, in addition to the damaged teleprompers straight for him.

“Thanks very a lot, I vastly respect it,” he advised the applause as he entered the stage.

“And I do not thoughts making this speech with out a teleprompter as a result of the teleprompter doesn’t work,” he mentioned, whereas the leaders laughed.

Opinion: The UN is a stage for hypocrisy: it is time for democracies to depart

President Donald Trump rides an escalator along with his spouse, First Woman Melania Trump, with the United Nations. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Photos)

“I really feel very comfortable to be right here with you, and that manner you converse extra out of the center. I can solely say that the one that operates this teleprompter is in main issues,” he added, extra laughter.

Trump later laughed once more by telling his dissatisfaction concerning the assist of the UN in worldwide conflicts.

Trump should make UN financing conditional within the occasion of actual reforms, ex-diplomat urges’

“I ended seven wars, handled the leaders of those nations and by no means even acquired a telephone name from the United Nations that provide to assist end the deal,” Trump mentioned. “Every thing I acquired from the United Nations was an escalator that stopped on the way in which up within the center.”

President Donald Trump in the course of the United Nations Normal Assembly in New York, on Tuesday 23 September 2025. (David Dee Delgado/Bloomberg by way of Getty pictures)

See also  CEO says paid protester requests are surging after massive demand under Trump

“If the First Woman was not in glorious situation, she would have fallen. However she is in glorious situation, we’re each in good situation. We had been each,” he added, extra laughter.

“These are the 2 issues I bought from the United Nations: a foul escalator and a foul teleprompter,” he mentioned.

President Donald Trump and First Woman Melania Trump arrive for the eightieth session of the overall assembly of the UN on September 23, 2025 in New York Metropolis. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Photos)

Click on right here to get the Fox Information app

Throughout his speech, Trump greeted the efforts for peace and warned European nations in opposition to persevering with to tolerate unlawful immigration. Trump additionally shot the worldwide agenda for local weather change as a ‘con job’.