President Donald Trump bestowed ceremonial pardons on two turkeys ahead of flying to his private Florida resort on Tuesday to celebrate Thanksgiving, a holiday interlude during what has been a turbulent and uncertain chapter of his second term.

Waddle and Gobble, the two birds from North Carolina that will be spared from the dinner table, enjoyed luxury hotel accommodations ahead of their White House visit. The turkey pardon is a presidential tradition dating back years.

Turkeys Waddle and Gobble enjoy their hotel room at the Willard InterContinental Hotel, in Washington, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

However, Thanksgiving may not provide Trump with much political respite after Democrats won sweeping victories in New Jersey, Virginia and elsewhere earlier this mon

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