How a toddler breached White House security | Video

The child squeezed through the fence on the North Lawn of the the White House. Video shows an armed officer carrying the kid across the lawn.

A child slipped through fencing outside the White House on Wednesday and was intercepted by Secret Service officers.

A toddler breached White House security on Wednesday. (REUTERS)

Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said the young trespasser squeezed through the fence on the North Lawn around 6:30 p.m., about an hour after President Donald Trump announced planned auto tariffs from the Oval Office.

“Officers quickly reunited the child with their parents without incident,” Guglielmi said in a social media post.

Video posted on social media shows an armed officer carrying a young child wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt across the lawn before handing off the child to another officer.

Such intrusions have happened before. In April 2023, a toddler squeezed through the metal fencing, also on the North Lawn, and was later reunited with his parents, who were briefly questioned.