President-elect Donald Trump shared a strange and comical Thanksgiving video on Thursday, where he mocked President Joe Biden in a highly unusual way. The video showed a cooked turkey suddenly bursting open to reveal Trump inside, emerging dramatically in bright light and dancing to the popular Village People song, “YMCA.”
The video was a modified clip from the holiday classic National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. In the scene, Joe Biden is seated at a dining table, holding a knife and fork, about to carve the turkey. Surrounding him at the table are several prominent figures: First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senator-elect Adam Schiff, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Representative Ilhan Omar.
As Biden prepares to carve the turkey, he makes a cheerful remark: “If this turkey tastes half as good as it looks, I think we’re all in for a very big treat.” This prompts Schiff to humorously chime in, asking Biden to save him the turkey’s neck.
However, just as Biden begins cutting into the turkey, the cooked bird dramatically splits open. In a surprising twist, Trump appears inside the turkey, illuminated by a bright light. He bursts out energetically and starts dancing to the upbeat tune of “YMCA,” creating a bizarre and surreal scene.
The video quickly gained attention online, amassing more than 180,000 likes and 30,000 reposts on Trump’s X account (formerly known as Twitter). It became a talking point for its unusual humor, with many people reacting to the unexpected twist and Trump’s dramatic entrance. The clip served as both a political jab at Biden and an over-the-top attempt to entertain Trump’s supporters during the Thanksgiving holiday.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 28, 2024
In a Thanksgiving message on Thursday morning, Trump wrote, “Happy Thanksgiving to all, including to the Radical Left Lunatics who have worked so hard to destroy our Country, but who have miserably failed, and will always fail, because their ideas and policies are so hopelessly bad that the great people of our Nation just gave a landslide victory to those who want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
He continued, “Don’t worry, our Country will soon be respected, productive, fair, and strong, and you will be, more than ever before, proud to be an American!”
