An escalator malfunction that required President Trump to walk up one flight of steps at the United Nations on Tuesday morning had false claims swirling on social media that it was a deliberate act of sabotage by U.N. staff. Video has been widely circulated on various platforms showing the escalator jolting to a stop as soon as the president and the first lady, Melania Trump, stepped on. After a few moments of Mr. Trump looking around, Melania Trump begins walking up the escalator. Mr. Trump was arriving to give an address to the U.N. General Assembly, and he included complaints about the escalator multiple times in the speech. “All I got from the United Nations was an escalator on the way up that stopped right in the middle,” he said, adding that the first lady would have fallen if she was not in great shape.