Trump gives thanks for Covid vaccines as Thanksgiving turkeys reprieved

President Donald Trump pardons Corn, in the Rose Garden of the White House (Susan Walsh/AP)

Wed, 25 Nov, 2020 - 06:40

Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Nostalgia was in and jokes were out on Tuesday as US President Donald Trump offered a reprieve to two meaty turkeys at the traditional Thanksgiving turkey pardon ceremony at the White House.

The National Turkey Federation presented the White House with two birds, Corn and Cob. Corn was declared the national Thanksgiving turkey, though both will retire to a new home on the campus of Iowa State University.