Trump jokes two turkeys would not have received a ‘pardon’ if their names were Chuck and Nancy

WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump on Tuesday, November 25, joked that the two pardoned turkeys, Gobble and Waddle, would not have received a pardon if their names were Chuck and Nancy.

The president pardoned Gobble and Waddle, two turkeys from Wayne County, North Carolina, as part of the annual White House tradition of sparing two birds from becoming Thanksgiving dinner.

At turkey pardon, Trump mocks Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi

Donald Trump joked on Tuesday that the turkeys were fortunate to have their names, saying he could never pardon Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer or former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

"The turkeys being pardoned today go by the names of Gobble and Waddle. When I first saw their pictures I thought we should send them, well, I was gonna, I shouldn’t say this, I was gonna call them Chuck and Nancy, but then I realized I wouldn’t be pardoning them," the president said.

He added, "I would never pardon those two people. I wouldn’t pardon them. I wouldn’t care what Melania told me, ‘Darling, I think it would be a nice thing to do.’ I won’t do it, darling."

Pelosi voted twice to impeach the president during his first term, first in 2019 and again in 2021.

House Democrats charged Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in connection with his urging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to release information on Hunter Biden’s business dealings in the country.

Schumer, meanwhile, voted to convict Trump during his impeachment trials. He called the president's second acquittal a "vote for infamy," referring to Trump’s alleged involvement in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Pelosi also famously tore up a copy of Trump’s speech during the 2020 State of the Union and recently called him a "vile creature" and "the worst thing on the face of the Earth" in a CNN interview earlier this month.

Nancy Pelosi to retire from Congress after 40-year career

Nancy Pelosi announced on November 6 that she will not seek re-election in 2026, ending her four decades in Congress, a tenure that helped shape American politics for generations.

She said in a sweeping video tribute, "I have truly loved serving as your voice in Congress, and I have always honored the song of St Francis, 'Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace', the anthem of our city." Pelosi added, "That is why I want you, my fellow San Franciscans, to be the first to know, I will not be seeking re-election to Congress."

She continued, "With a grateful heart, I look forward to my final year of service as your proud representative. As we go forward, my message to the city I love is this: San Francisco, know your power." She added, "We have made history. We have made progress. We have always led the way, and now we must continue to do so by remaining full participants in our democracy and fighting for the American ideals we hold dear."

Reflecting on her long tenure, she said, "I say to my colleagues in the House all of the time, no matter what title they had bestowed upon me, speaker, leader, whip, there has been no greater honor for me than to stand on the House floor and say, 'I speak for the people of San Francisco'."