WASHINGTON — Talk about a sod story.
An 11-year-old Falls Church boy who asked the White House if he could mow the property’s lawn was granted his wish Friday.
Frank Giaccio told CNN’s “New Day” he even waived his usual $8 fee for President Donald Trump — even though anchor Alisyn Camerota noted that the billionaire chief executive could probably afford it.
“I always wanted to do something big and so I was like, ‘Why don’t we just start here?’ This seems like the perfect example,” Frank, of Falls Church, Virginia, told Camerota.
In August, Frank wrote a letter to the President asking if he could be allowed to put his landscaping skills to good use for the White House. In his letter — read aloud at a briefing by press secretary Sarah Sanders — he even offered to bring extra fuel and charged batteries.
“I would like to show the nation what young people like me are ready for,” Frank wrote at the time.
Asked on Friday why he waived his fee, Frank replied, “My dad said, ‘Just do it for free,’ and I was like, ‘Fine,’ and that’s where it’s gonna go.”
Beyond that, he wasn’t able to tell Camerota what type of mowing implements the White House staff would supply him with.
But Sanders offered Twitter audience a look at the mower Frank was using, adding that he was “doing a great job.”
The President later joined Frank as he trimmed the Rose Garden’s grass.
Trump even congratulated Frank on a job well done by giving him a high five, CBS’s Mark Knoller tweeted.
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