The POTUS Donald Trump referred to his vice-president JD Vance as a ‘little boy’ to a laughing audience of law enforcement officials on Monday (May 11).

The US president made the eyebrow-raising remark when he was discussing the assassination attempt against him last month at the White House Correspondents’ dinner.

On April 25, the suspected attacker – identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31 years old, from Torrance, California – stormed past a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton, allegedly armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple kn:ives.

Donald Trump and other senior-ranking officials were whisked away in a matter of seconds by the Secret Service, including JD Vance, who was hurled out of his chair to safety.

Speaking in the White House Rose Garden this week, Trump thanked the Security Service for their swift handling of what happened.

“I thought you did a great job two weeks ago. You know why? Because I’m here,” he said.

Trump continued to describe the moment that JD was ‘lifted’ out of his chair by the agents, asking why they didn’t lift him so fast too.

“But I will be the one to find fault if I think there was fault,” he added. “They had great professional people, and they came out, and within seconds, I saw them take JD by the shoulders and lift him up like he was a little boy.

“I said, ‘How come they didn’t lift me up so fast?’ JD got ripped out of the chair, that was the view of the week.”