Barack Obama pardoned his last turkey as U.S. president on Wednesday, but his daughters should beware: he plans to continue the tradition as a private citizen.
Obama, who leaves office in January, has followed the annual tradition of “pardoning” a turkey every year ahead of the Thanksgiving Day holiday, which many Americans celebrate with a turkey dinner.
“Of course, Thanksgiving is a family holiday as much as a national one. So for the past seven years, I’ve established another tradition: embarrassing my daughters with a corny-copia of Dad jokes about turkeys,” Obama said.
“This year they had a scheduling conflict,” he deadpanned.
A backup turkey also had its life spared. Their names: “Tot” and “Tater.”The president was joined in the Rose Garden by his nephews instead. He joked that he planned to keep up the tradition during his post-presidency. After finishing his remarks, filled with puns, the president blessed a 40-pound (18-kg) fowl from Iowa, granting it a long life and a pardon from appearing on an American dinner table.
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(With agency inputs)