‘Great job,’ Trump tells 11-year-old boy mowing White House lawn


  • World
  • Saturday, 16 Sep 2017

Trump welcomes 11-years-old Frank Giaccio as he cuts the Rose Garden grass at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 15, 2017. Frank, who wrote a letter to Trump offering to mow the White House lawn, was invited to work for a day at the White House along the National Park Service staff. REUTERS/Carlos Barria.

WASHINGTON: An 11-year-old boy earned a “great job” and a high five from US President Donald Trump for mowing the White House lawn on Friday.

Frank Giaccio, from Falls Church, Virginia, wrote the president earlier this year saying that he owned his own lawn-mowing business and it would an “honor” to mow the White House lawn.

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