When it comes to Donald Trump, Karoline Leavitt’s sense of loyalty goes beyond the normal amount. The Press Secretary has often been seen endorsing the President’s bizarre views and false claims without even an ounce of doubt.
Therefore, it is no wonder that when Trump and Melania faced the escalator malfunction while attending the UN General Assembly, Leavitt donned the hat of a flagbearer of justice and demanded thorough investigation into the same.
Taking to X, she posted a screenshot of the Times’ article published on Sunday that read, “To mark Trump’s arrival, UN staff members have joked that they may turn off the escalators and elevators and simply tell him they ran out of money, so he has to walk up the stairs.”
Leavitt uploaded the image and captioned her post, “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.”
The escalator malfunction indeed caused some trouble during Trump’s visit as the President said, “All I got from the United Nations was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle. If the first lady wasn’t in great shape, she would have fallen, but she’s in great shape. We’re both in great shape.”
Trump’s irritation at the incident was quite apparent and Leavitt therefore could not hold herself from publicly demanding an investigation into the same. Her hyperactiveness regarding anything involving Trump is not new, and something similar happened when she defended Trump’s speech at Charlie Kirk’s funeral.
During the event, Kirk’s wife Erika talked about forgiveness and mentioned that she has forgiven the alleged shooter. Trump, however, who has been a vocal critic of the alleged political violence ignited by the Left, did not take the same approach as Erika.
Instead, he mentioned that he indeed hated his opponents and did not talk about forgiveness anywhere in his speech. When Leavitt was asked how could Trump be so open regarding his dislike of his political opponents when he claims that the political violence spread by the Left is the root cause of most evil, Leavitt gave it a different spin to make the President look great.
She simply said that the President is an honest person and thus spoke too openly.
While Leavitt demanded an investigation and eventual firing of those responsible for the escalator mishap, Associated Press U.N. Correspondent Farnoush Amiri already explained the accident, as he posted on X, “A U.N. official said the UN understands that someone from the president’s party who ran ahead of him inadvertently triggered the stop mechanism on the escalator.”
