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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Trump humiliated by UN escalator; Anatomy of a Donald Trump rage cycle

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

MS NOW, Jen Psaki

Politics, News, Ms Now, Versant Media, Versant

4.4975 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump managed to take it personally when an escalator at the UN General Assembly stopped working while he was on it. Jen Psaki takes the opportunity to observe another instance of the "Donald Trump rage cycle," and points out that the thin-skinned president's petty tyrades are less intimidating the more people learn to stand up to him.

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0:00.0

Lots going on tonight. Tonight, Jimmy Kimmel will make his return to late night television after what turned out to be a pretty brief suspension from the air.

0:08.2

Thanks in large part to the activism from a lot of people in the country, a lot of people like you.

0:12.7

We're going to talk with the lone Democratic appointee on the FCC commission, Anna Gomez, about what's next.

0:17.9

I have a lot of questions for her. And I'm going to be joined by legendary director Rob Reiner about the pressure campaign that helped get Kimmel back on the air. And as we

0:26.5

count down to Kimball's responses tonight, response tonight, I'm going to be watching. You may be

0:30.5

as well, if you can stay up that late. I promise you, this clip of Donald Trump addressing the United

0:35.5

Nations during his first term tells us a lot about the moment we find ourselves in.

0:41.8

In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country.

0:53.6

America's so true.

1:00.7

Didn't expect that reaction, but that's okay.

1:04.6

Okay.

1:05.5

So that was Donald Trump being laughed at while standing on the world stage

1:08.8

less than two years into his first term. It's definitely

1:12.7

not the reaction that any world leader is hoping for when addressing the United Nations. It's actually

1:17.0

a pretty big speech that U.S. leaders give. But it was especially concerning for Donald Trump.

1:23.4

A man so thin-skinned and so obsessed completely with his self-image that he rarely lets any slate go unanswered, even when it's against his interest.

1:33.4

And so today, imagine what was going through his head when he was entering the United Nations, and this happened.

1:40.2

Okay, so Trump passed through the security barricades.

1:43.0

He then walked up to the escalator and stepped

1:45.0

onto with the First Lady, at which point, and you'll see in a second, okay, there it is, the escalator

1:49.8

abruptly stopped, leaving Trump flummoxed for a few seconds. You can see the First Lady just walking

1:56.5

up the stairs as one normal person does. He ultimately decided to just walk up the immobile staircase

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