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Tim Walz Roasted Donald Trump’s Escalator Fail With 5 Simple Words

Welcome back to (what feels like) day 78 of Trump and the broken escalator discourse.

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If you recall, an escalator stopped working when Trump stepped onto it at the United Nations.

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Then the telemprompter broke.

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Then it turned into a big thing.

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The White House called it sabotage.

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Karoline Leavitt posted on X, “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.”

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Then Trump did a VERY long post about it, saying he demanded an immediate investigation.

Summary of text: The post is a lengthy complaint about an alleged incident involving a halted escalator at the United Nations, suggesting intentional sabotage

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And now, Tim Walz had something to say about it.

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He brought it up at a press conference about the government shutdown:

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“My God, we’ve got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!”

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“This is stuff happens. This is life. Do not normalize this.”

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I mean, truth be told, he did walk up those damn stairs.

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Needless to say, I’m sure this isn’t the last we’ll hear about it *swirly eyes emoji*

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