Trump Jokes He Won’t Undo Obama Turkey Pardon

President Donald Trump pardons Drumstick, 36 pounds, while Carl Wittenburg, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, his wife, Sharlene, and sons, Nate and Wyatt, look on at the annual Thanksgiving Presidential Pardon at the White House in Washington on Nov. 21, 2017. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Pardoning a turkey, as per White House tradition, proved to be one of President Donald Trump’s lighter duties this year.

The president pardoned Drumstick, and his sidekick, Wishbone, during the annual Thanksgiving Presidential Pardon in the White House Rose Garden. He was joined by his wife Melania and son Barron.