Trump Declares Biden’s ‘Autopen’ Turkey Pardons ‘Invalid’ at Thanksgiving Ceremony

Sean James Nov 25th, 2025, 1:10 pm

President Donald Trump declared that ex-President Joe Biden’s pardons for two turkeys last year were “totally invalid” because Biden used the autopen to sign their clemency papers.

The president, during the White House’s annual Turkey pardoning ceremony on Tuesday, could not stop himself from mocking Biden over his use of the autopen, which has been one of his go-to jokes over the last year.

“He used an autopen last year for the turkey’s pardon[s], so I have the official duty to determine, and I have determined last year’s turkey pardons are totally invalid,” Trump said, drawing some laughs from the assembled crowd.

The president then moved on from clowning “Sl

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