{"id":11212,"date":"2025-11-26T19:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/trump-spares-the-turkeys-roasts-the-democrats\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:49:11","slug":"trump-spares-the-turkeys-roasts-the-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/trump-spares-the-turkeys-roasts-the-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump spares the turkeys, roasts the Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON, Nov 26 — Donald Trump turned Washington’s fluffiest tradition into something a little tougher to carve yesterday — swapping holiday cheer for political score-settling as he pardoned two turkeys in the annual White House Thanksgiving ceremony.<\/p>\n

Since Abraham Lincoln’s day, presidents have occasionally spared a lucky bird from becoming dinner, though the ceremony didn’t become a yearly tradition until John F. Kennedy made it official in 1963.<\/p>\n

This year’s feathered VIPs — Waddle and Gobble of North Carolina — were meant to be the stars of a festive, bipartisan moment.<\/p>\n

But the Hallmark-card episode quickly turned into a holiday roast as Trump tore into Democrats, fumed about crime and even revived a conspiracy theory about Joe Biden’s pardoning process.<\/p>\n

Waddle was absent for reasons that were not immediately clear but Gobble showed up — and appeared grateful not to get cooked alongside Trump’s many targets.<\/p>\n

The president focused on Chicago, declaring once again that he could clean up crime in America’s third largest city if only Illinois Governor JB Pritzker — whom he branded a “fat slob” — would let him send in federal troops.<\/p>\n

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Then came the Biden hit: Trump said US officials conducted a “very rigorous investigation” and discovered that last year’s turkey pardon was signed not by the then-president but by an autopen — rendering the whole thing invalid.<\/p>\n

Even the birds weren’t safe from becoming political props. Trump mused aloud about naming Waddle and Gobble after Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi — before stopping himself.<\/p>\n

“I realised I wouldn’t be pardoning them. I would never pardon those two people,” he remarked acidly.<\/p>\n

He then pivoted to economics, delivering a burst of cherry-picked statistics.<\/p>\n

“Egg prices are down 86 per cent since March,” he declared. “And gasoline will soon be hovering around US$2 (RM8) a gallon.” He also boasted he had delivered the largest tax cuts in history.<\/p>\n

While egg prices have indeed fallen from their record highs, grocery costs overall are still rising. The national average for gasoline sits at US$3.10 — slightly higher than this time last year, according to automotive services group AAA.<\/p>\n

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And the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — which extends provisions of Trump’s 2017 tax law — ranks around the sixth-largest tax cut ever, not the biggest.<\/p>\n

As for Gobble, the bird carried on with remarkable composure for a turkey caught in the spotlight at a de facto campaign rally.<\/p>\n

The fowl were selected by North Carolina students in an online vote and will now retire to a comfortable post-pardon life back home. — AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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WASHINGTON, Nov 26 — Donald Trump turned Washington’s fluffiest tradition into something a little tougher to carve yesterday — swapping holiday cheer for political score-settling as he pardoned two turkeys in the annual White House Thanksgiving ceremony. Since Abraham Lincoln’s day, presidents have occasionally spared a lucky bird from becoming dinner, though the ceremony didn’t become…<\/p>\n

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