text: Frank Giaccio, an eleven-year-old from Falls Church, Virginia, got an unusual once-in-a-lifetime opportunity on Friday morning -- he mowed the White House Rose Garden lawn for the president. 
   
   After writing a letter to the White House offering Mr. Trump landscaping service free of charge, a service for which he normally charges his neighbors eight dollars, the president agreed to let him show off his grass-clipping skills. 
   
   When Giaccio was about three-quarters of the way through trimming the 50-by-100-foot area with a red-and-black power mower, Mr. Trump made a special appearance. Frank briefly acknowledged the president and greeted him but continued his work. 
   
   Frank is hard at work in the Rose Garden and doing a great job! pic.twitter.com/u4f2DtLvu6 — Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) September 15, 2017 
   
   "Future of the country right there. We're lucky. That's the real future of the country," the president said. "Maybe he'll be president." 
   
   Mr. Trump gave Giaccio several high-fives and pats on the back as he continued cutting. He rooted him on and perused his line work on the tall, green fescue lawn. 
   
   "Have you done this before?" the president joked as he followed Giaccio. 
   
   During a brief mowing pause, the president asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. 
   
   "This is Frank. He is going to be very famous," Mr. Trump said. "He is going to be a Navy Seal one day. He's going to do great things for our country." 
   
   A U.S. Park Service employee and Giaccio's father supervised his work, and afterward, Mr. Trump invited them in for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Oval Office and to snap pictures commemorating the occasion. 
   
   After mowing the @WhiteHouse Rose Garden lawn - Frank and his father Greg Giaccio visit @POTUS @realDonaldTrump in the Oval Office.... pic.twitter.com/cy6ETme1jf — Dan Scavino Jr. (@Scavino45) September 15, 2017 
   
   White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders had talked about Giaccio's letter during a late-July press conference. Sanders applauded Giaccio's knack for combining his landscaping skills with business savvy, and she promised that the president would allow him into the White House one day. Giaccio wrote the letter to the president when he was 10 years old, but has since had a birthday. 
   
   His letter read: "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. I've been mowing my neighbor's lawn for some time. Please see the attached flyer. Here's a list of what I have, and you're free to pick whatever you want: power mower, push mower, and weed wacker. I can bring extra fuel for the power mower and charge batteries for the weed wacker. I will do this at no charge. Sincerely, Frank." 
   
   .@SHSanders45: "It is our duty to keep the American dream alive for kids like Frank." pic.twitter.com/kaUMlgHn75 — The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 2, 2017 
   
   Giaccio concluded his freelance landscaping gig at the White House with a stop at the press briefing room. There, he posed for photographs and thanked the president and Sanders for inviting him. Afterward, Giaccio called it "probably the biggest day" of his entire life and promised he won't charge his neighbors more just because he can now add "White House lawn cutter" to his resume. ||||| 11-year-old mows the lawn at the White House, meets President Trump 
   
   CLOSE A young boy named Frank offered his lawn-mowing services to President Donald Trump in August, and the kid got his wish. Video provided by Newsy Newslook 
   
   When Frank Giaccio wrote to President Trump, he said it would be an honor to mow the lawn at the White House. 
   
   That dream came true on Friday morning. 
   
   Frank is hard at work in the Rose Garden and doing a great job! pic.twitter.com/u4f2DtLvu6 — Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) September 15, 2017 
   
   Frank and his father, Greg Giaccio, arrived at the White House, and the 11-year-old — the proprietor of FX Mowing — got to work in the Rose Garden and met the president. 
   
   According to the National Park Service, Frank received a safety briefing from professional grounds staff and was provided with protective equipment that included safety glasses, hearing protection and gloves. He then watered annuals and perennials and mowed the lawn. 
   
   At one point, the president tried to commend the child. 
   
   "Great job!" he says over the noise of the lawn mower. 
   
   But Frank, called FX by his family, kept trucking along. 
   
   Frank was all business. Didn't even stop to say hi when POTUS came out. pic.twitter.com/SpB43z1Jwp — Mike Sacks (@MikeSacksEsq) September 15, 2017 
   
   Eventually, the pair shared a high five. 
   
   Later, the president pat Frank on the back and called him the "future of our country," according to pool reports. He and his father also met Vice President Pence and got the chance to see the Oval Office. 
   
   After mowing the @WhiteHouse Rose Garden lawn - Frank and his father Greg Giaccio visit @POTUS@realDonaldTrump in the Oval Office.... pic.twitter.com/cy6ETme1jf — Dan Scavino Jr. (@Scavino45) September 15, 2017 
   
   Frank, who recently celebrated his birthday, aspires to be a Navy SEAL, the president said. But Trump has even bigger dreams for the young man. 
   
   "Maybe he'll be president," he said. 
   
   Contributing: Gregory Korte 
   
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target: – Some children dream of being astronauts. Others of winning the World Series. But little Frank Giaccio just wanted to mow President Trump's lawn, the Washington Post reports. “Even though I’m only 10, I’d like to show the nation what young people like me are ready for,” Frank wrote in a letter read by Sarah Huckabee Sanders during a press briefing last month. “I admire your background in business, and I’ve started my own.” On Friday, the now 11-year-old owner of FX Mowing got his wish, USA Today reports. “That’s the real future of the country right there—we’re lucky,” Trump said while watching Frank mow the White House lawn in gloves and safety goggles. “Maybe he’ll be president someday.” Frank, who is foregoing his normal $8 lawn-mowing fee in this instance, was supervised by a US Park Service employee, CBS News reports. The president gave the young Virginian multiple pats on the back and high fives and then took Frank and his father on a tour of the Oval Office.