A trio of curious mishaps beset President Donald Trump before and during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly, which, individually, would be no big deal, but collectively sparked suspicions of deliberate sabotage.

Now, as Trump demands an investigation and the Secret Service may even be involved, a spokesman for the U.N. is scrambling to deny any culpability and instead blame at least two of the problems on the president's team, according to Breitbart.

The denials are dubious, however, in light of an article published days before the event in which anonymous U.N. staffers were quoted as joking about doing to Trump almost exactly what occurred just days later.

Stopped escalator, broken teleprompter, and poor audio

After President Trump arrived at the U.N. building in New York City on Tuesday, just before he delivered his scheduled speech, an escalator abruptly stopped as he and First Lady Melania Trump stepped on it, nearly sending both of them tumbling forward into the metal steps and creating a potential security concern.

A short time later, just after he began to deliver his speech, the teleprompter stopped working correctly, forcing Trump to abandon his prepared remarks and improvise the remainder of his commentary.

He later learned that, in addition to the escalator stoppage and teleprompter malfunction -- which he jokingly mentioned during the speech -- the audio of his remarks to the auditorium was also messed up, such that it was barely audible except for those listening to interpreters on earpieces.

Possible "triple sabotage" under investigation

In the immediate aftermath of those mishaps, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared on X a screenshot of an article on Sunday from The U.K. Times, in which it was reported that, "To mark Trump's arrival, U.N. staff members have joked that they may turn off the escalators and elevators and simply tell him they ran out of money, so he has to walk up the stairs."

Leavitt wrote, "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. The Times reported this on Sunday."

Later that evening, in an interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters, the press secretary noted the trio of issues with the escalator, teleprompter, and audio, and observed, "So when you put all of this together, it doesn’t look like a coincidence to me. And I know that we have people, including the United States Secret Service, who are looking into this to try to get to the bottom of it."

"And if we find that these were U.N. staffers who were purposely trying to trip up, literally trip up the president and the first lady of the United States, well, there better be accountability for those people, and I will personally see to it," she added.

President Trump himself weighed in on the "real disgrace" that occurred at the U.N. in a lengthy Truth Social post on Wednesday, in which he declared, "This wasn’t a coincidence, this was triple sabotage at the UN. They ought to be ashamed of themselves," as he likewise demanded an "immediate investigation" to determine who was responsible.

U.N. claims Trump's team is responsible

According to the Associated Press, however, a chief spokesman for the U.N., Stephane Dujarric, suggested that it was President Trump's team that was to blame for at least two of the three problems the president faced before and during his speech.

Dujarric claimed that a videographer with the U.S. delegation may have inadvertently stopped the escalator when they triggered a safety mechanism at the top, and further asserted that it was the White House that was operating the teleprompter, and not the U.N., though no explanation was given for why Trump's audio sounded different from any of the other speeches delivered by numerous other world leaders that same day.

If it turns out that the U.N. spokesman is correct, and members of Trump's team are truly to blame for the mishaps, it seems likely that Trump will swiftly fire or otherwise discipline whoever is responsible. But, if an investigation unveils that U.N. staffers did indeed try to sabotage Trump, it is almost certain that Trump will hold the globalist body accountable and insist upon real consequences for the wrongdoers.