{"id":39436,"date":"2025-09-26T15:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=39436"},"modified":"2025-09-26T15:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:30:18","slug":"trump-and-melanias-finger-waving-spat-was-actually-prez-raving-about-un-escalator-snafu-lip-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=39436","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Melania\u2019s finger-waving \u2018spat\u2019 was actually prez raving about UN escalator snafu: lip readers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What appeared to be a fervent, finger-wagging row between President Trump and his wife Melania caught on camera outside the White House was actually an animated discussion about the escalator breaking down when they arrived at UN headquarters, according to lip readers.<\/p>\n

The widely shared clip shows the president pointing his finger at the first lady, who responds by shaking her head during the exchange filmed through the windows of Marine One as it landed on the South Lawn on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

While many online have speculated it reveals a dispute between the pair \u2014 similar to French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife caught\u00a0tussling as they got off a plane<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year \u2014 experts believe the conversation was about the viral escalator incident at UN headquarters in Manhattan the day before.<\/p>\n

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President Trump and first lady Melania were seen having an animated conversation on Marine One Wednesday night.AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cFrom my interpretation, I don\u2019t think Donald Trump was having a go at Melania Trump \u2014 but at the shenanigans at the UN,\u201d forensic lip reader Jeremy Freeman, who has testified as an expert witness in UK court cases,\u00a0told the Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The lip reader believes that Melania said Trump \u201cjust continued\u201d when the escalator suddenly shut down while they were on it.<\/p>\n

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Trump was seen pointing his finger toward Melania during the exchange.AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt was unbelievable. How can you do that?\u201d Freeman believes the commander-in-chief replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cDonald, look at me,\u201d she then tells him before they get off the helicopter and walk across the lawn hand in hand.<\/p>\n

Trump called for arrests to be made after the escalator at the United Nations headquarters\u00a0abruptly stopped working<\/a>\u00a0as soon as he and the first lady stepped onto it Tuesday ahead of his address to the General Assembly.<\/p>\n

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President Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk on the South Lawn after disembarking from Marine One.AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first lady, standing in front of Trump, stumbled when the escalator gave out, video shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing that Melania and I didn\u2019t fall forward onto the sharp edges of these steel steps, face first,\u201d Trump later posted online about the incident. \u201cIt was only that we were each h<\/p>\n

Trump declared the moment was \u201cabsolutely sabotage,\u201d citing a Times of London report\u00a0that UN staffers had been overheard joking<\/a>\u00a0that they might switch off the escalator and make Trump walk to the hall to give his speech.<\/p>\n

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Trump and Melania Trump walk to Air Force One on September 23, 2025.AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A second British lip reader, Nicola Hickling, similarly believes Trump was being protective of Melania in the moment caught on the helicopter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t forgive them, they tried to hurt you,\u201d Trump said to his wife at one point on the helicopter, Hickling told the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t do this, we should stay safe, you\u2019re not safe,\u201d she replied.<\/p>\n

The president then responded: \u201cThey\u2019re done. We must challenge them,\u201d according to Hickling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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