Top photos: Trump, Melania pardon turkeys in Thanksgiving tradition as JD Vance and Usha arrive with daughter Mirabel

Donald Trump and Melania granted pardons to two turkeys - Waddle and Gobble - during the traditional Thanksgiving ceremony at the White House.

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US First Lady Melania Trump, right, watches as President Donald Trump pardons Gobble, the 2025 National Thanksgiving Turkey, during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (Bloomberg)

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US President Donald Trump pardons Gobble, the 2025 National Thanksgiving Turkey, during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025.  (Bloomberg)

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US President Donald Trump speaks prior to pardoning the National Thanksgiving Turkey during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025.  (Bloomberg)

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The National Thanksgiving Turkeys were raised in North Carolina, and today's ceremony marks the 78th anniversary of the presentation. Photographer: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

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Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speak before President Donald Trump arrives to pardon the national Thanksgiving turkeys Waddle and Gobble, during a pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) (AP)

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U.S. President Donald Trump stands next to one of two turkeys ceremonially pardoned for Thanksgiving, during the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 25, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard (REUTERS)

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were pictured while walking out to participate in a pardoning ceremony of the national Thanksgiving turkeys Waddle and Gobble, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. AP/PTI(AP11_26_2025_000003B) (AP)

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JD US Vice President JD Vance holds his daughter Mirabel as his wife, the Second Lady Usha Vance looks on after US President Donald Trump pardoned Gobble, one of the National Thanksgiving turkeys, during the turkey pardon ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on November 25, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (AFP)

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(L/R) US Attorney General Pam Bondi, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Vice President JD Vance holding his daughter Mirabel, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner look on after US President Donald Trump pardoned Gobble, one of the National Thanksgiving turkeys, during the turkey pardon ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on November 25, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (AFP)

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Gobble, one of two turkeys to be ceremonially pardoned for Thanksgiving, stands in the Rose Garden during the pardoning ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 25, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (REUTERS)