India, Sept. 23 -- A teleprompter and escalator malfunction prompted US President Donald Trump's UN speech to start off shakily as he joked that whomever was in charge of the equipment was "in big trouble."

Trump was greeted with accolades when he entered the UN for the first time since starting his second term in January. Minutes into his address, Trump claimed that the only things he received from the UN were a malfunctioning teleprompter and a broken escalator.

"I feel very happy to be up here with you [...] and that way you speak more from the heart. I can only say that whoever's operating this teleprompter is in big trouble," he stated.

Complaining about the escalator, which suddenly stopped working on his and Melania Trump's entr...