Trump Skewers Biden’s ‘Autopen’ Pardon, Jokes About Naming Turkeys After Schumer and Pelosi

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00:00Trump skewers Biden's auto-pen pardon jokes about naming turkeys after Schumer and Pelosi.

00:05President Donald Trump returned to the White House on Tuesday for the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon,

00:10using the light-hearted ceremony to mock former President Joe Biden's auto-pen pardon from last year.

00:16According to the New York Post, Trump opened by revisiting the 2024 turkeys, Peach and Blossom,

00:22joking that their previous pardon was totally invalid because Biden had approved it through an auto-pen

00:27rather than signing it himself.

00:30Trump claimed he had stepped in to officially pardon them,

00:33adding that they would no longer be at risk of becoming Thanksgiving dinner.

00:37Trump has repeatedly criticized Biden's reliance on the auto-pen

00:41and even replaced Biden's portrait in the White House with an image of the device as a satirical statement.

00:47This year's turkeys, Gobble and Waddle, were introduced in the Rose Garden before staff, reporters and families.

00:53Trump joked that he briefly considered naming them after Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi,

00:59but decided against it, saying he would never pardon those two people.

01:04Although the ceremony maintained its traditional festive tone, Trump used several moments to add political humor.

01:10He teased that staff members had prepared paperwork to send the turkeys to El Salvador,

01:15referencing his administration's immigration policies,

01:18and delivered a few pointed remarks about Democratic officials in Illinois.

01:22Gobble and Waddle were described as the largest and plumpest turkeys ever selected for the honor.

01:28Their pardon adds to Trump's extensive record of clemency during his second term,

01:33which includes roughly 1,700 pardons and numerous commutations.

01:38Following the event, Trump and First Lady Melania Trump planned to spend Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago.

01:43While the turkey pardon remains a long-standing presidential tradition meant to bring levity to the holiday season,

01:50this year's event doubled as a platform for Trump to continue mocking Biden's auto-pen use,

01:55blending humor, politics, and ceremony into one headline-grabbing moment.