President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE took a swing at Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsGOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status MORE on Saturday night, saying that he had offered Sessions a ride to the Gridiron Club dinner, but he “recused himself.”

“I offered him a ride over and he recused himself,” Trump said, according to a White House press pool report.

Trump made the comment while speaking at the Gridiron Club dinner, an event where members of the media and politicians traditionally trade jokes. The president is invited to speak every year and typically delivers comedic remarks.

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Trump’s joke about Sessions comes at the end of a tense week between the president and attorney general. Trump has been frustrated for months by Sessions’s decision to recuse himself from the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Earlier this week, Trump attacked Sessions on Twitter, calling it “disgraceful” that he had asked an inspector general — “an Obama guy,” according to Trump — to investigate alleged surveillance abuses.

Why is A.G. Jeff Sessions asking the Inspector General to investigate potentially massive FISA abuse. Will take forever, has no prosecutorial power and already late with reports on Comey etc. Isn’t the I.G. an Obama guy? Why not use Justice Department lawyers? DISGRACEFUL! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 28, 2018

Sessions pushed back in a rare statement, saying that he intended to carry out his duties as the nation's top law enforcement officer with "integrity and honor.”

It was also reported this week that Trump refers to Sessions as “Mr. Magoo,” a reference to the elderly cartoon character.