Former New York Times Reporter Mocked for Saying Boy Mowing the White House Lawn Is Bad Signal on Child Labor

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. Giaccio, from Falls Church, Virginia, who runs a business called FX Mowing, wrote a letter to Trump expressing admiration for Trump's business background and offered to mow the White House grass. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Former New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse commented on twitter on Friday that the boy mowing the White House lawn was a bad signal on child labor. Some twitter users thought he was joking.

The boy, 11-year-old Frank Giacco from Falls Church, Virginia, appeared in several videos online on Friday as he realized his dream to mow the White House lawn.