On Tuesday, President Donald Trump did the traditional pardoning of the Thanksgiving turkeys at the White House.
However, before that, CBS's Ed O'Keefe grilled them, asking why they deserved a pardon, and they weren't for talking.
Gobble and Waddle giving the press a hard time 😂 https://t.co/zr8nKsEdE9
— FLOTUS Report (@MELANIAJTRUMP) November 25, 2025
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had some pre-event fun in the briefing room with her little son Nicholas, and one of the turkeys to be pardoned, Waddle.
🚨White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has brought TURKEYS into the White House Press Briefing Room!pic.twitter.com/cnhtxAMzta
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 25, 2025
Her son looked like he was enjoying the very fine-looking turkey.
ADORABLE.
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 25, 2025
Karoline Leavitt’s son plays alongside one of the turkeys up for a presidential pardon, WADDLE!
pic.twitter.com/VySh0hNr6G
Yes, Waddle even gobbled right on cue.
🚨 NOW: Waddle is in the White House to be pardoned by President Trump
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 25, 2025
"Want to give us a gobble?"
*GOBBLE*
The room is cracking up 🤣 pic.twitter.com/DPt4KQzbME
GOBBLE GOALS: @PressSec's son took the stage with Waddle, the National Thanksgiving turkey alternate, as President Trump prepares to pardon the turkeys — and it’s the cutest thing you’ll see all day. pic.twitter.com/CXoqr4Q07b
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 25, 2025
Then the turkeys were on to the event with the president, and Trump had a little humor for the occasion.
LOL: POTUS joked he wanted to call the turkeys "Chuck" & "Nancy"
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 25, 2025
"The turkeys go by the names of Gobble & Waddle. When I first saw the pictures I thought we should call them ... Chuck & Nancy.
But then I realized I would be pardoning them! I would never pardon those 2 ppl." 🤣 pic.twitter.com/ikEbwbaIl5
He joked about how when he first saw them, he thought about calling them "Chuck" and "Nancy," but then said how he could never pardon those two. He also explained that even though they were large, they were still "MAHA."
Trump also humorously called out Joe Biden's pardons of the turkeys from last year, saying that he'd used an autopen, so they were invalid. He joked that they had searched and found the turkeys from last year, Peach and Blossom, and saved them in the nick of time. He pardoned them retroactively.
LMFAO! President Trump declares that last year's turkey pardons under Joe Biden are null and void because they were signed by the autopen.
— CJ Pearson (@Cjpearson) November 25, 2025
He then repardons last year's turkeys so that they won't be served for Thanksgiving dinner. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/IpAjqzjXCo
Then he officially pardoned this year's turkeys, Gobble and Waddle. He had a great time with Gobble, even mimicking his gobble with perfect comedic timing, and deeming him a beautiful bird.
“Gobble, I just want to tell you, it’s very important — you are hereby, unconditionally pardoned.”
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 25, 2025
President Trump participated in the annual turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House. https://t.co/4xrej2Kg0w pic.twitter.com/wWoNG5Cvc1
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