WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 25: Waddle, the National Thanksgiving Turkey alternate, visits the White House press briefing room ahead of the 78th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation November 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump will pardon Waddle as an alternate turkey and another turkey named 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 Heather Diehl/Getty Images)