11-Year-Old Boy Realizes Dream to Mow White House Lawn

11-Year-Old Boy Realizes Dream to Mow White House Lawn
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) watches as 11-year-old Frank "FX" Giaccio (L) mows the grass in the Rose Garden of the White House September 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Jack Phillips
9/15/2017
Updated:
9/15/2017

An 11-year-old boy got his wish to mow the White House lawn granted this week.

Frank Giaccio, of Falls Church, Va., wrote to President Donald Trump back in August that it would be an “honor” to “mow the White House lawn some weekend for you,” according to The Hill.

On Friday, Giaccio was invited to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. alongside a groundskeeper to mow the White House lawn.

Multiple videos appeared online showing him wearing a red shirt, shorts, earplugs and safety glasses while mowing the grass with a push-lawnmower as Trump stands nearby.

Trump said the boy is the “future of our country,” while musing that “maybe he'll be president.”

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made the announcement Wednesday after having read his letter aloud a few weeks ago.

President Donald Trump watches Frank Giaccio, 11, of Falls Church, Virginia, as he mows the lawn in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 15, 2017. Giaccio, who has his own lawn mowing business, wrote a letter to the President asking if he could mow the lawn at the White House. (MIKE THEILER/AFP/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump watches Frank Giaccio, 11, of Falls Church, Virginia, as he mows the lawn in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 15, 2017. Giaccio, who has his own lawn mowing business, wrote a letter to the President asking if he could mow the lawn at the White House. (MIKE THEILER/AFP/Getty Images)
(Win McNamee/Getty Images)
(Win McNamee/Getty Images)
(MIKE THEILER/AFP/Getty Images)
(MIKE THEILER/AFP/Getty Images)

“Dear Mr. President, it would be my honor to mow the White House lawn for some weekend for you. Even though I’m only 10, I'd like to show the nation what young people like me are ready for. I admire your business background and have started my own business,” Sanders read, per the Washington Examiner.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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