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Donald Trump: “All I got from the United Nations was an escalator that, on the way up, stopped right in the middle.”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2025
All I got from the United Nations was an escalator that, on the way up, stopped right in the middle.
Said by
Donald Trump
Republican · Florida
Source
cbsnews.com
Sep 24, 2025

Editor's note · Context

Trump uses the escalator malfunction as a metaphor for U.N. incompetence during his speech.

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