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Trump family rings in Thanksgiving with a turkey at the White House
Melania Trump and her son Barron welcomed a six-metre tall Christmas tree to the White House on Monday and on Tuesday, Donald Trump pardoned his first turkey.
The President took to the White House rose gardens to pardon a massive white turkey –called Drumstick- from ending up in his Thanksgiving roast.
Standing alongside his wife Melania and his children, Ivanka, Barron and Tiffany, Trump laughed and marvelled at how big the bird was.
“Wow, big bird!” Trump said.
“How heavy is that bird? Wow, 36 pounds (16kg). That is a big bird.”
The 71-year-old went on to ask if he could feel the bird’s feathers before he was told ‘yes’ from the crowd.
“I feel so good about myself doing this,” he randomly said.
“Are you ready, Drumstick? OK? Drumstick, you are hereby pardoned!”
The annual Presidential turkey pardon was reportedly established back in 1863 when it was noted by White House reporter Noah Brooks that President Abraham Lincoln spared a bird’s life.
“A live turkey had been brought home for the Christmas dinner, but [Lincoln’s son Tad] interceded in behalf of its life. . . . [Tad’s] plea was admitted and the turkey’s life spared,” he wrote.
However the whole thing became an annual tradition in 1989 when President George H.W. Bush pardoned the White House turkey.
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