Trump rants about escalators, windmills, cows at UN

Donald Trump opened his address before UN members gathered in New York in his trademark style, launching into a rambling tirade that touched on almost everything, from the teleprompter and escalators to windmills and cows.

Your countries are going to hell.

-Donald Trump

Trump’s extended tirade, stretching on for several minutes, drew both mocking laughter and uneasy silence as the U.S. president addressed world leaders, touting his own abilities and proclaiming:

«I’m really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell.»

The odd tone of Trump’s UN address was evident from the very start, as the president opened by taking aim at the United Nations itself.

«These are the two things that I got from the United Nations: a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter», he said, recounting how the escalator stopped «in the middle» while he was riding it.

Trump ranted that the UN had rejected his past offer to construct its headquarters, which he accused of falling apart, pointing to the malfunctioning escalator as evidence.

A recurring grievances

During his UN address, Donald Trump turned to one of his recurring grievances: the teleprompter.

Trump complained that it «wasn’t working» at the start of his speech and cautioned that another failure could cause «serious problems,» even threatening the operator with «big trouble.»

Such remarks were met with laughter and silence in the hall.

The outburst was not unprecedented, Trump has frequently blamed malfunctioning teleprompters at rallies and past speeches, often using the moment to improvise and lash out, turning technical hiccups into part of his trademark performance.

Trump also referenced both incidents in a Truth Social post following his speech:

«I have been talking about this for a long period of time and this Forum was the absolute best from the standpoint of making these two important statements. I hope everybody gets to watch it! The teleprompter was broken and the escalator came to a sudden halt as we were riding up to the podium, but both of those events probably made the speech more interesting than it would have been otherwise.»

The «open borders experiment»

Bragging about his tough immigration policies and declaring it was time to end the «open borders experiment».

The global warming «hoax»

During his UN address, Trump also launched into an extended tirade against what he called «the global warming hoax».

I guess they want to kill all the cows.

-Donald Trump

Trump accused U.S. environmentalists of pushing radical ideas, mocking them by saying:

«No more cows, we don’t want cows anymore,» adding,:

«I guess they want to kill all the cows.»

The president went on to celebrate America’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord and praised what he described as «clean, beautiful coal.»

Trump dismissed the scientific consensus on climate change as a «scam,» claiming it was «made by stupid people.»