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Fox News is trying so hard to make 'Escalatorgate' happen



Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, a reliable spreader of MAGA propaganda,
did her best to push the debunked claim that shadowy United Nations personnel
somehow sabotaged a malfunctioning escalator and a teleprompter in an effort to
humiliate President Donald Trump during his embarrassing appearance there on
Tuesday.




 



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“Then the sabotage efforts, that we think were sabotage,” Bartiromo told
Republican Rep. William Timmons of South Carolina. “[Trump] going on the
escalator and the escalator stops, the teleprompter going down. What went on
yesterday at the U.N. General Assembly, congressman?”

“Listen, the UN hasn't been in our corner for decades, and they're playing
these fun little games,” Timmons replied.

UN officials responded diplomatically after Trump blamed them for his series
of mishaps, explaining that the escalator incident was likely caused by someone
in his entourage who accidentally triggered a safety mechanism while rushing
ahead. As for the teleprompter issue, officials noted that those
responsibilities are handled by White House personnel during presidential
speeches.




 



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Trump needed no help embarrassing himself—and the United States—in front of
the global community at the UN, delivering an unhinged spectacle of ego tied up
with delusions of grandeur.

MAGA conspiracies like ‘Escalatorgate’ are designed to frame those in power as
victims of secret forces and feed into the persecution complex that Trump and
his allies exploit. An enduring sense of aggrievement is MAGA’s hallmark, after
all.



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