A lip reader has explained what Donald Trump actually said to his wife Melania during their helicopter argument.

A viral video capturing what seemed to be a heated exchange between the US President and First Lady Melania Trump aboard Marine One has sparked widespread speculation across social media.

Filmed through the helicopter’s windows as it landed on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday night, the widely circulated footage shows the president pointing his finger at his wife, who responds by shaking her head in what many interpreted as a marital dispute.

The tense-looking conversation drew immediate comparisons to earlier footage of French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte caught in a physical altercation as they disembarked from a plane earlier this year.

Online users quickly began theorizing about what could have led to such an animated discussion between the Trumps.

And now, a lip-reader has revealed the reality behind the finger-wagging exchange.

The conversation reportedly centered on a startling incident that occurred just a day earlier at United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, according to the New York Post.

On Tuesday, when President Trump and his wife arrived for his address to the UN General Assembly, the escalator in the entrance hall abruptly malfunctioned the moment they stepped onto it.

Video footage captured the First Lady stumbling slightly as the escalator suddenly stopped working, forcing the couple to walk up the motionless steps while holding tightly to the handrails.

The incident quickly circulated online and became known as ‘escalator-gate’ among political observers.

Trump didn’t hold back in his response to the malfunction, taking to social media to express his outrage.

He declared the incident was ‘absolutely sabotage,’ pointing to a Times report that UN staffers had been overheard joking about potentially switching off the escalator to make him walk to the hall.

“It’s amazing that Melania and I didn’t fall forward onto the sharp edges of these steel steps, face first,” Trump wrote online following the incident. “It was only that we were each holding the handrail tightly or, it would have been a disaster.”

The president went further, claiming that when he reached the podium, his teleprompter had gone ‘stone cold dark’ and his microphone wasn’t functioning properly.

“This wasn’t a coincidence; this was triple sabotage at the UN,” he declared, demanding an “immediate” investigation into the series of technical failures.

Enter forensic lip reader Jeremy Freeman, who has testified as an expert witness in U.K. court cases.

Freeman analyzed the Marine One footage and offered a strikingly different interpretation than the marital spat many had assumed.

“From my interpretation, I don’t think Donald Trump was having a go at Melania Trump — but at the shenanigans at the UN,” Freeman told the Daily Mail.

According to Freeman’s reading of the exchange, Melania referenced how Trump ‘just continued’ when the escalator suddenly shut down while they were on it. The president’s response? A savage assessment of the situation.

“It was unbelievable. How can you do that?” Freeman believes Trump said, his frustration evident even through the helicopter windows.

Melania seemed to try to defuse her husband’s anger, reportedly telling him: “Donald, look at me.” She then added,:”Just say it and leave it,” seemingly encouraging him to move past the incident.

However, Trump’s reaction suggested he wasn’t ready to let it go, responding with disbelief: “How can you do that…”

A second British lip reader, Nicola Hickling, provided an even more protective interpretation of Trump’s words.

Hickling shared that the president’s concern was entirely focused on his wife’s safety during the escalator malfunction.

“I can’t forgive them, they tried to hurt you,” Trump reportedly told Melania at one point during their helicopter conversation.

The First Lady’s response revealed her own concerns: “We can’t do this, we should stay safe, you’re not safe.”

Trump’s reply was characteristically combative: “They’re done. We must challenge them,” according to Hickling’s interpretation.

In spite of the apparently heated nature of their discussion, the couple’s body language after leaving the helicopter told a different story.

Shortly after their animated conversation, Trump and Melania disembarked from Marine One and walked across the South Lawn hand in hand, presenting a united front.

Body language expert Judi James offered additional insight into the exchange, noting that appearances can be deceiving.

“The body language in this clip shows contrasting signals, but it needs mentioning that Melania is actually smiling as she shakes her head, suggesting Trump might be relating some event from the day using some illustrative gestures and the pointed finger for emphasis and making her laugh in the process,” James told The Mirror.

Trump was sure to reference the escalator incident during his UN General Assembly speech, using it as a punchline while also making his displeasure known.

He quipped that he had ‘ended seven wars’ and ‘all I got from the United Nations was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle.’

He also praised his wife’s physical fitness, adding: “If the first lady wasn’t in great shape, she would’ve fallen.”

The speech took a more serious turn as Trump urged European leaders to follow his example in cracking down on immigration, bluntly telling them: “Your countries are going to hell.”