Posted: Jan 13, 2019 11:09 pm
Skinny Puppy wrote:OlivierK wrote:Yeah, that was one thing that Trump did that was Presidential, in a ceremonial sense. Kudos to the staffer who read that letter and decided to pitch it to Trump as a PR exercise. Rare competence, in this administration. It doesn't really matter if he paid him, but it would have been nice if he did, out of his own pocket.Frank Giaccio told CNN's "New Day" he even waived his usual $8 fee ..
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The staffer was Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Well, Sanders announced it, because that's her job. I'm sure she doesn't go through the mailbags herself. It's disappointing that Trump didn't just pull out a $10 note and hand it to the kid. That's the sort of thing the kid would treasure for life. It certainly would have been smart for Trump, who has a reputation as a grifter and plenty of form as a non-payer of contractors, to publicly pay the kid and give him a tip, rather than accept the offer of mowing for free. But giving the kid a chance to get on the news as a hard worker was still nice.
Good luck to Frank, though - he took some initiative, and got himself an experience that he'll never forget, and which may open some doors for him later in life.