WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump, who doesn’t like to be overshadowed bythose who work for him, joked Monday that John Bolton his new NSA couldsoon be out of a job, Washington Post has reported.

At an event in Hialeah, Florida, staged for Trump to tout the Republicantax cut bill passed last year, he took a moment to crow about the U.S.military strikes in Syrialink>onFriday and pointed out that Bolton was traveling with him.

The crowd erupted in applause.

“Whoa,” Trump said, seemingly taken by surprise. “John, that’s pretty good.I didn’t expect that. I’m a little jealous.”

After a brief pause, Trump playfully asked the crowd: “Are you giving himall the credit? You know that means the end of his job, you know.”

Trump went on to share the credit for what he dubbed “a big successfulhit,” relaying that none of the more than 100 missiles fired into Syriawere shot down.

“Did our generals do a great job?” the president said to more applause.”Did our military do a great job?”

At the event, Trump heard from a handful of business owners who said theyhad benefited from the tax bill.

Before introducing Bolton, Trump pointed out two other senioradministration officials who were accompanying him: Treasury SecretarySteven Mnuchin and Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, a Miami native and sonof Cuban immigrants.

“Not all of my choices were good, but they were great ones,” Trump said.