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)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 25: Niko Ricco, son of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, crawls next to Waddle, the alternate to the National Thanksgiving Turkey, in 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)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 25: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and her son Niko welcome Waddle, the alternate to the National Thanksgiving turkey, as journalists look on in 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)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 25: Waddle, the National Thanksgiving Turkey alternate, shares the stage with Niko Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's son in the White House press briefing room , ahead of the 78th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation on 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)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 25: Waddle, the National Thanksgiving Turkey alternate, shares the stage with Niko Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's son in the White House press briefing room , ahead of the 78th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation on 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)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 25: Niko Ricco, son of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, crawls next to Waddle, the alternate to the National Thanksgiving Turkey, in 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)

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)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 25: Waddle, the National Thanksgiving Turkey alternate, shares the stage with Niko Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's son in the White House press briefing room , ahead of the 78th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation on 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)