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WASHINGTON ( NewsNation ) — President Donald Trump is set to bestow ceremonial pardons on two turkeys and fly to his private Florida resort on Tuesday to celebrate Thanksgiving.

The turkey pardon, bestowed this year to birds Waddle and Gobble of North Carolina, is a presidential tradition dating back 78 years.

One of the two turkeys that Trump will pardon appeared in the briefing room ahead of the Rose Garden ceremony.

The 50-pound Waddle waddled near the podium where press secretary Karoline Leavitt usually addresses reporters.

“Waddle, want to give us a gobble?” Leavitt asked. The turkey obliged.

“Very on message!” Leavi

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