WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 25: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and her son Niko welcome Waddle, the alternate to the National Thanksgiving turkey, to the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on November 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump will pardon Waddle and National Turkey Gobble, who were both raised in North Carolina and will live out the rest of their lives under the care of the Prestage Department of Poultry Science at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)