Donald Trump’s trip to the 80th United Nations General Assembly literally started off on the wrong foot when an escalator failed as he was riding up with First Lady Melania Trump. Now, the White House is demanding an investigation and immediate firings over the fact that they had to climb a flight of stairs.
The situation was all caught on camera. Trump was walking a few strides behind the first lady when the escalator suddenly stopped just as they approached it. They simply went up the stairs — because these are grown-ups after all. The ever-advancing ages of presidents have inadvertently made going up steps newsworthy. Both Trump and former President Joe Biden have had mishaps on the Air Force One stairs, after all. Still, nobody really expected the Trump administration to blow this situation up the way they did.
