A Trump administration official was physically assaulted by a “deranged leftist” inside the United Nations Headquarters Thursday, just two days after President Donald Trump said he encountered “triple sabotage” at the UN.
An official serving in a support role for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was followed into a bathroom, recorded, physically assaulted, and verbally accosted, the White House told Fox News, which was first to report the incident.
“An HHS official was followed into a bathroom, recorded, physically assaulted and verbally accosted by a deranged leftist at the UN who somehow entered the venue past multiple layers of security,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly said.
“Thankfully, the official is safe, and the lunatic was arrested, but this is part of a disturbing and dangerous set of failures by the UN after their sabotage of President Trump ahead of and during his speech,” Kelly said.
The suspect was arrested and charged with assault, aggravated harassment, attempted assault, and criminal possession of a weapon, according to a source at Fox. The suspect, though, has already been released from custody and is expected in court on November 13.
The U.S. Secret Service will also investigate “how this violent protester was admitted into a major national security event,” Kelly added.
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The UN said in a statement that they are “outraged” by the incident.
“We are outraged that a member of the U.S. delegation was physically assaulted inside of UN Headquarters the afternoon of September 25,” a United States UN spokesperson told Fox. “This attack must be addressed swiftly, and consequences must be felt.”
The assault follows what Trump called “triple sabotage” during his UN visit on Tuesday. Notably, as Trump made his way into the main auditorium for his speech, an escalator that he and the first lady had just stepped on immediately stopped working.
“It’s amazing that Melania and I didn’t fall forward onto the sharp edges of these steel steps, face first. It was only that we were each holding the handrail tightly or, it would have been a disaster,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
Here’s when the UN escalator stopped working the second Trump & Melania got to it
(The teleprompter stopped right when he started his speech also) pic.twitter.com/fxmDetY3Yb
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) September 23, 2025
Additionally, the teleprompter stopped working for 15 minutes of Trump’s speech and his audio in the auditorium stayed off.
“The first person I saw at the conclusion of the Speech was Melania, who was sitting right up front. I said, ‘How did I do?’ And she said, ‘I couldn’t hear a word you said,’” the president recalled. “This wasn’t a coincidence, this was triple sabotage at the UN.”
Trump has called for an “immediate investigation” into the incidents and added that all security tapes must be saved.
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