PoliticsDonald Trump Mocks Joe Biden by Claiming Last Year's Turkey Pardon Was 'Totally Invalid' Due to Alleged 'Autopen' Use

Donald Trump issued another pardon for last year's pardoned turkeys.
Nov. 25 2025, Published 5:45 p.m. ET
Donald Trump couldn't help but make a dig at Joe Biden during this year's turkey pardon at the White House.
The president hosted the annual event on Tuesday, November 25, but before he introduced 2025's recipients, he announced he was making another pardon for last year's turkeys, claiming Biden "used an autopen" for the pardons, making them "totally invalid."
Donald Trump Takes Aim at Joe Biden

Donald Trump claimed Joe Biden's pardon last year was 'invalid' because he allegedly used an autopen.
"The turkeys known as Peach and Blossom last year have been located and they were on their way to be processed," he stated, according to an outlet. "But I have stopped that journey and I am officially pardoning them, and they will not be served as Thanksgiving dinner."
The President Jokes About Naming This Year's Pardoned Turkeys

The president issued another pardon to 2024's pardoned turkeys, Peach and Blossom.
The autopen debacle has been a fixation of Trump's, as he alleged the former commander-in-chief used it to sign executive orders.
After cracking the joke, the father-of-five introduced this year's pardoned birds, Gobble and Waddle.
"When I first saw their pictures … I was going to call them Chuck [Schumer] and Nancy [Pelosi], but then I realized I wouldn’t be pardoning them. I would never pardon those two people," he declared.
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Donald Trump joked he was going to name this year's turkeys after Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi.
"I wouldn’t care what Melania told me," he added of his wife, who was in attendance at the event.
"My more enthusiastic staffers were already drafting the paperwork to ship Gobble and Waddle straight through the terrorist confinement center in El Salvador, and even those birds don’t want to be there," Donald added.
Joe Biden Denies Donald Trump's Autopen Allegations

Joe Biden called Donald Trump's autopen allegations 'ridiculous and false.'
The 46th president of the United States has already shot down Donald's accusations, doing so as recently as this June.
"Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn't is ridiculous and false," Joe stated after he was accused of using an autopen because of rumored "cognitive decline."

Donald Trump used a photo of an autopen to represent Joe Biden on the Presidential Walk of Fame at the White House.
Joe labeled the businessman's call for an investigation as "nothing more than a distraction" by the president and "Congressional Republicans who are working to push disastrous legislation that would cut essential programs like Medicaid and raise costs on American families, all to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations."
Nonetheless, Donald wouldn't let go of the situation, replacing Joe's photo on his Presidential Walk of Fame with an image of an autopen and his signature.


