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Trump and Melania have a frank discussion during private moment aboard Marine One
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Donald and Melania Trump were caught having a frank discussion on board Marine One as they arrived back at the White House following the US president’s controversial address at the United Nations General Assembly.
Video shows Trump, 79, waving his finger at Melania, 55, who can be seen shaking her head at him.
At another point in the footage, the first lady was seen leaning forward, appearing serious as she stared at her husband.
Eventually, the couple disembarked from the aircraft, which was returning to Washington, D.C. While leaving the helicopter, the pair held hands, with Trump glancing at the ground before offering a slight wave to reporters.
Trump has claimed that he and his wife were the victims of “triple sabotage” while in New York after an escalator broke down.
“A REAL DISGRACE took place at the United Nations yesterday – Not one, not two, but three very sinister events!” he wrote on Truth Social, referencing a broken teleprompter and an escalator that stalled.
The president said that it is “amazing that Melania and I didn’t fall forward onto the sharp edges of these steel steps, face first.”
He has since called for U.N. staff to be fired or “arrested” over the incident, as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has claimed that it was deliberately switched off.
Trump is also reportedly furious that the sound was switched off during speeches made at the United Nations, a practice that a U.N. official says has existed for “decades.”
The practice is designed to make it easier for speeches to be translated and transmitted to guests’ earpieces.
The video of Trump and Melania’s post-U.N. clash comes just months after a clip of French president Emmanuel Macron being pushed in the face by his wife, Brigitte, went viral.
At the time, Trump offered his French counterpart some advice.
“Make sure the door remains closed.
“That was not good,” he told reporters.
Later, Trump claimed to have spoken with Macron and said that the couple were “fine” and “really good people.”
Macron told reporters that the couple were “joking around, as we do quite often” with an Elysée source telling Le Parisien that the couple were “decompressing” and “larking about.”
The Independent has contacted the White House for comment.
