Secret Service Launches Investigation Amid Reports UN Staffers Intentionally Stopped Escalator as Trump and First Lady Were Stepping On in Major Security Breach
- WGON
- Sep 24, 2025
- 1 min read
The White House on Tuesday afternoon demanded an investigation amid reports UN staffers intentionally stopped the escalator as President Trump and First Lady Melania were stepping on in a major security breach.
“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,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said along with a report that UN staffers may turn off the escalators to make Trump walk up the stairs.
Secret Service sources told RealClearPolitics reporter Susan Crabtree that it is very concerning that President Trump was “stalled and vulnerable.”
“Sources in the Secret Service community are very concerned about what they witnessed from fellow agents today when President Trump was stalled and vulnerable. It’s a similar critique to the Secret Service’s delayed response in getting Trump off stage after a bullet grazed his ear on July 13,” Susan Crabtree said.
Karoline Leavitt said the Secret Service is investigating the escalator situation.
“If we find that these were UN staffers who were purposefully trying to trip up President Trump and FLOTUS well, there better be accountability for those people,” she said.
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