‘Just Got Cut Off Again’: Trump Ruins Cute Tradition with a Mean Rant at Rivals, Even Drags Melania — and the Turkey’s Perfect Interruption Steals the Show

To the disappointment of many, Donald Trump has added his mean-spirited twist to a decades-long White House tradition. On Nov. 25, the “president of peace” spared two turkeys from ending up on Thanksgiving plates with a symbolic pardoning ceremony. Former President George H.W. Bush began the annual tradition in 1989. Social media turned the event into a spectacle after viewing clips of Trump bizarrely mocking the bird’s cries in front of cameras. In his speech, he detoured from solely focusing on the act to instead punch down at his political foes. Trump began, “The turkeys being pardoned today go by the names Gobble and Waddle. When I first saw their pictures, I thought we should send them, well — I shouldn’t say this — I was going to call them Chuck [Schumer] and Nancy [Pelosi].” Trump mocks Gobble, the turkey who interrupted his announcement about a pardon during a White House Thanksgiving ceremony. (Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images) ‘All the Neck’: Trump’s Video Seemed Normal Until a Petty Cameraman Exposed What the President Forgot to Hide The Senate minority leader and former House speaker are among Trump’s growing list of adversaries who have been critical of...