Joe Biden: President pardons turkeys for the last time

US President Joe Biden (82) and his wife Jill (73) are only in the White House for a few weeks. Now the outgoing president has pardoned turkeys for the last time before Thanksgiving. The traditional ceremony this year was for turkeys Peach and Blossom, who come from Minnesota.

According to US media reports, 2,500 guests were present when Joe Biden pardoned the animals and also spoke about his departure from the White House. a few squawks broke out, interrupting the president. Joe Biden asked the birds to “stay calm and keep eating.” The pardon ceremony has been a tradition in the White House since the beginning of George HW Bush’s term in office (1924-2018) and thus since 1989.

According to the report, Joe Biden then took a more serious tone at the ceremony: “Let me tell you: It has been the honor of my life. I am eternally grateful to you,” he said in front of cabinet members, staff and other guests about his time in office. On January 20, 2025, re-elected President Donald Trump (78) will be sworn in.

At the start of the holiday season, the First Lady welcomed Jill Biden to the White House. It will be decorated and exhibited in the “Blue Hall”. The 18-foot-tall fir tree, delivered to the government headquarters by horse-drawn carriage, comes from a farm in an area of ​​western North Carolina recently devastated by Hurricane Helene. Cartner’s Christmas Tree Farm lost thousands of trees in the storm, “but this one stayed standing and they called it ‘Tremendous’ for the extraordinary hope it represents,” said Jill Biden