WASHINGTON — President Trump confirmed Tuesday that a Secret Service agent tried to sneak his wife onto a transport plane accompanying the president’s Air Force One jet to Scotland last week, the latest misstep for the beleaguered protective agency.

“Wouldn’t you think it might be a little dangerous?” Trump asked reporters on his way back to Washington after five days on the other side of the Atlantic.

“That’s a weird deal,” the president added, confirming that he was informed of the matter before expressing confidence that agency Director Sean M. Curran will “take care of it.”

The incident was first reported by the Herald newspaper of Glasgow, which reported that the Dallas-based agent flew his wife to Maryland, where she received an official briefing and was bussed to Joint Base Andrews ahead of Trump’s departure before being discovered and told to leave.

“The U.S. Secret Service is conducting a personnel investigation after an employee attempted to invite his spouse – a member of the United States Air Force – aboard a mission support flight,” Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi told the outlet in a statement.

“Prior to the overseas departure, the employee was advised by supervisors that such action was prohibited, and the spouse was subsequently prevented from taking the flight. No Secret Service protectees were aboard and there was no impact to our overseas protective operation.”

Several planes usually accompany Air Force One on presidential trips, carrying Secret Service agents, equipment and other support staff.

Federal and congressional investigators have lambasted the agency for failing to avert two assassination attempts against Trump during last year’s presidential campaign.

Thomas Matthew Crooks shot the 45th and 47th president in the right ear at a July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pa., forcing agents to shield him while a counter-sniper returned fire and killed the 18-year-old gunman.

A scathing Senate probe of the security lapses found that the Secret Service denied at least 10 requests for additional resources like anti-drone systems and failed to secure the roof of the building from where Crooks opened fire.

The main agent responsible for a breakdown in communications with local law enforcement also was never disciplined for not deeming Crooks a threat — despite being warned about him moving around the Butler Farm Show grounds 25 minutes before he began shooting.

Then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned days after the campaign event — following a disastrous appearance before the House Oversight Committee to answer for the security lapses.

On Sept. 15, 2024, Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, snuck onto the soon-to-be 47th president’s West Palm Beach, Fla., golf course and holed up in a sniper’s nest to take aim at Trump — before being spotted and fired upon by a Secret Service agent.

Routh fled after being targeted with six shots but was not hit, a House investigation made public this past December revealed. He was arrested later that same day and is awaiting trial for the attempted assassination.

Acting Director Ron Rowe took over for the embattled agency following Cheatle’s departure but was replaced by Sean Curran, a former member of the 47th president’s personal security detail, after Trump returned to the White House.

Curran was one of the agents who rushed to the stage to protect Trump after the Butler shooting, leading him back to the presidential motorcade.

Trump, now 79, raised his fist in the air and shouted, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” to his supporters as the Secret Service ushered him to safety.