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

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

Trump plans to bestow ceremonial pardons on two turkeys and plans to fly 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 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.

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

Some research indicates that holiday meals could cost more this year, despite the president’s insistence otherwise, a reminder of persistent frustration with elevated prices.