Trump forgives the turkeys and praises himself

This year, corn and cob are the names of the two turkeys that US President Trump saved from death before Thanksgiving. In the traditional act in the White House, he couldn’t do without self-praise.

US President Donald Trump saved two turkeys from death during the traditional ceremony just before Thanksgiving. On Tuesday in the garden of the White House he issued the official pardon for the turkey. “Corn” will live with Cob (piston) at the University of Iowa.

The White House had previously put an online vote again on which of the two turkeys should become the national Thanksgiving turkey. Before this year’s ceremony, in the midst of the ongoing dispute over the election result, memories of 2018 were awakened. At the time Trump had forgiven the birds “peas” (peas) and “carrots” (carrots) and caused amusement among his guests when he announced the result of the vote and said, “That was a fair election. Unfortunately, Carrots did. refused to defeat you admit and ask for a recount and we still fight with carrots. ” However, the decision was made that nothing had changed in the outcome, Trump added. “Too good for carrots.”

“A special day for turkeys”

The words reverberate in light of Trump’s behavior following the US election three weeks ago. He does not acknowledge his own defeat to Democrat Joe Biden even three weeks after the election and has sued in several states, among other things, to get a recount. Until Monday, Trump’s government team Biden thwarted preparations for the January 20 settlement.

Now Trump has tried his hand with humor in a more conventional way. “Thanksgiving is a special day for turkeys. It’s not a great day, when you think about it,” he said. Turkey is the traditional food of the Thanksgiving Festival. The tradition for a president to forgive the turkey on Thanksgiving dates back to Abraham Lincoln.

Trump also used his appearance to brag about the record high of 30,000 points reached Tuesday by the leading US index Dow Jones Industrial and to cite the “Chinese virus”, as he calls the corona virus. In the traditional Thanksgiving thanks, he included thanks for vaccines that would end the pandemic.