Photos: Trump pardons turkeys, gives thanks for COVID-19 vaccines
The National Turkey Federation presented the White House with two birds, Corn and Cob. Corn was declared the national Thanksgiving turkey, though both will retire to a new home on the campus of Iowa State University.
Ivanka Trump, Assistant to the President and Advisor to the President, left, and her husband, Jared Kushner, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor, with their children, are seated to watch President Donald Trump pardon the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump speaks before pardoning Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, as first lady Melania Trump watches. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk out of the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, after pardoning Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, waits in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, after being pardoned by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Ivanka Trump, Assistant to the President, third from right, White House adviser Jared Kushner, second from left, and their daughter Arabella Kushner, second from right, gather around Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington. President Donald Trump pardoned Corn during the event. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Theodore Kushner, son of Ivanka Trump, Assistant to the President, and White House adviser Jared Kushner, walks with Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington. President Donald Trump pardoned Corn during the event. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Ivanka Trump, Assistant to the President, sits with her son Theodore Kushner, and reaches out to her daughter Arabella Kushner, left, as they wait for President Donald Trump to pardon Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump pardons Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, as first lady Melania Trump watches. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump walks over to pardon Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk out of the Oval Office and towards the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, to pardon Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump walks out of the Oval Office and towards the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, to pardon Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk out of the Oval Office and towards the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, to pardon Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk out of the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, after pardoning Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk out of the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, after pardoning Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump speaks after pardoning Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, as first lady Melania Trump watches. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump pardons Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, as first lady Melania Trump and National Turkey Federation Chairman Ron Kardel of Walcott, Iowa, look on. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump walks out to pardon the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, with first lady Melania Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump pardons Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, as first lady Melania Trump and National Turkey Federation Chairman Ron Kardel of Walcott, Iowa, look on. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump walks away after pardoning Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, with first lady Melania Trump watches. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump speaks after pardoning Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, as first lady Melania Trump watches. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump walks away after pardoning Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, with first lady Melania Trump watches. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump speaks after pardoning Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, as first lady Melania Trump watches. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump speaks after pardoning Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, as first lady Melania Trump watches. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump pardons Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, as first lady Melania Trump watches. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump pardoned his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, on Wednesday. Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election.