While President Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE supports active shooter drills in schools, he dislikes the name because he sees it as a bad brand that scares children, the White House said Thursday.

“[Trump] said the term active shooter drill could be frightening for young children,” White House spokesman Raj Shah said at the daily briefing. “I think a drill that's, you know that has a different name …[so] the brand of it ... doesn’t frighten children might be a better way to approach it.”

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“I think safety drills which help in these types of situations would be more appropriate,” Shah said. “The term active shooter drill for a young child could be very frightening.”

Trump earlier on Thursday said that he believes “active shooter drills” are “a negative thing.” He also described “active shooter drills” as a defensive, rather than offensive measure during a listening session with state and local officials.

The president made the case that teachers and school officials with proper training should be armed to fight back against potential gunmen.