After US President Donald Trump complained in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday that an escalator in the building failed just as he and his wife Melania stepped onto it en route to the hall for his address, the UN Secretary-General’s office released a detailed explanation of what it said went wrong.

“All I got from the United Nations was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle,” Trump sniped from the podium. “If the first lady wasn’t in great shape, she would have fallen, but she’s in great shape.”

“In answers to the many questions received about the escalator incident,” said Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a statement later Tuesday, “I have the following information to share: President Trump, accompanied by the First Lady and delegation, arrived at the UNHQ building [on Tuesday] morning, and entered through the........

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