Young child slips through White House fence, intercepted by Secret Service

Breaching White House security is nearly impossible, but this time, the intruder was a small child who made it onto the North Lawn.

On Wednesday, the child slipped through the fencing outside the White House before being stopped by Secret Service officers.

Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said that the young trespasser squeezed through the fence on the North Lawn around 6:30 p.m., approximately 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.

Footage shared on social media captures an armed officer carrying a young child dressed in a blue hooded sweatshirt across the lawn before handing them over to another officer.