White House Sees Conspiracy in Stopped Escalator

Playbook: “Causing a far bigger ruckus than simple matters of war and peace is EscalatorGate — the White House-fueled conspiracy theory that supposed Trump-hating U.N. officials forced the president to walk up the stairs before his speech yesterday by sabotaging his escalator.”

“As evidence, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt highlighted a Times of London article from last weekend in which anonymous U.N. officials had joked about precisely such an act.”