President Donald Trump turned the traditional White House turkey pardon into a bizarre campaign-style rant where he took aim at political foes and touted false information.

The annual event held before Thanksgiving has long been an opportunity for presidents to deliver a light-hearted speech full of jokes.

But Trump, 79, delivered some of his nastiest attacks against Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to date.

The president said he had a “little bit” of joke written about Pritzker’s “size,” but instead he quickly went in a more aggressive direction while also blasting the city’s mayor as “low IQ.”

“The mayor is incompetent and the governor is a big fat slob,” Trump said.

The president was hosting guests and members of his team in the Rose Garden when he complained that he was not going t

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