for the last time in his mandate, Joe Biden pardons two turkeys before Thanksgiving

US President Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys on Monday ahead of the family Thanksgiving holiday, as is tradition and for the last time before handing over to Donald Trump. Joe Biden, 82, pardoned «Peach» et «Blossom»two white turkeys which will therefore not end up on the plates on Thursday for Thanksgiving, a holiday during which turkeys are traditionally served stuffed.

During a casual ceremony on the White House lawn, the president indulged in a few jokes. The turkey «Peach» has the motto “Let’s stay calm and keep gurgling”he said in particular, as if to encourage his compatriots to maintain their composure in the face of the upheavals promised by Donald Trump.

Victorious over Kamala Harris in the November 5 election, the Republican billionaire should unravel many of his predecessor's initiatives. He has pledged to massively deport illegal immigrants, slash federal spending and heavily tax imports, all measures that are causing concern in the United States and abroad.

No pardon for Hunter Biden

Joe Biden, who must give way to the president-elect on January 20, wanted to end on a “serious tone”for his last speech of this kind. “Let me tell you this has been the honor of my life, I am forever grateful”declared the Democrat, who had given up on running at the end of July, after a disastrous electoral debate against Donald Trump.

As the end of his term approaches, Joe Biden will now consider other types of pardons, which a president generally grants to convicts before leaving the White House. However, he has already assured that it is one that he would not grant to his son Hunter Biden, who was convicted in June of illegal possession of a firearm against a backdrop of crack addiction, and who pleaded guilty in September in a tax fraud case.

Hunter Biden, whose young son Beau was present at Monday's ceremony, is still waiting to find out what sentence he will receive in each of these cases.