Did Trump today on Thanksgiving day reall bad things about Pence and other people
Executive summary
Available reporting on Thanksgiving 2025 shows President Donald Trump issued a formal Thanksgiving proclamation and led traditional White House events (turkey pardon), but accounts differ on how combative his remarks were toward specific people such as Mike Pence or other officials. The official White House proclamation emphasizes unity and gratitude [1]; contemporaneous coverage of the turkey-pardon event notes some mocking or jokes and sharper language in parts of his remarks [2] [3]. Available sources do not provide a comprehensive transcript showing Trump “really bad things” said about Pence on Thanksgiving Day itself; specific hostile comments about Pence are not found in current reporting (not found in current reporting).
1. What the formal record shows: a unifying proclamation
The White House published an official Thanksgiving Day proclamation for November 27, 2025, that frames the holiday as a moment for national unity, gratitude to God, and reflection on American history — language consistent with a traditional, reconciliatory tone rather than an attack on political figures [1].
2. Events around Thanksgiving: turkey pardon and pointed jokes
Reporting on White House events around Thanksgiving noted that Trump carried out the annual turkey-pardoning ceremony and used the stage to make theatrical and at times scathing remarks — including declaring prior pardons “invalid” and making barbed jokes about other public figures — which some outlets characterized as “fiery” or mocking [2] [3]. Fox News and The Washington Post both covered the pardoning ceremony and related quips [4] [2].
3. Direct mentions of Pence in available reporting: limited and not contemporaneous
In the set of articles provided, specific coverage of Donald Trump insulting or denigrating former Vice President Mike Pence on Thanksgiving Day itself is not documented. Pence-related coverage in these search results concerns his public comments on foreign policy and past criticisms of Trump on unrelated issues, not a Thanksgiving attack from Trump [5]. Therefore, claims that Trump “today on Thanksgiving day really bad things about Pence” are not supported by the sources supplied (not found in current reporting).
4. Tone and targets reported: who was singled out?
Some outlets reported that Trump used the turkey ceremony and surrounding appearances to mock political rivals and figures — for example, a Daily Mail piece and other accounts highlighted colorful insults (including a reported jab at Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker described as “fat slob” in one tabloid report) and jokes about prior presidents’ pardons [3] [4]. Mainstream coverage (Washington Post, Fox News, CNN) documents theatricality and mocking language but does not uniformly catalogue a hit list of officials or provide a full set of direct quotes about Pence [2] [4] [6].
5. How major outlets framed economic boasts and fact checks
While not directly about interpersonal attacks, multiple outlets noted Trump used Thanksgiving-related facts (such as Walmart’s Thanksgiving meal pricing) to claim economic victories; several fact-checking reports (AP, NYT, CNN, Snopes) found those claims misleading or context-dependent because the Walmart basket changed composition and broader price indices did not align with his framing [7] [8] [9] [6]. This shows reporters were watching both rhetorical flourishes and empirical claims at holiday events [7] [8] [6].
6. Competing perspectives and potential agendas
Tabloid and partisan outlets differ sharply in tone and sourcing: Daily Mail emphasized sensational insults [3], while mainstream outlets like The Washington Post and Fox News focused on ceremony details and noted jokes without always endorsing hyperbolic claims [2] [4]. Fact-checkers and outlets skeptical of Trump’s economic claims provided corrective context, suggesting an agenda to hold rhetoric to data [7] [8] [6]. Readers should weigh outlet tendencies: tabloids aim for shock and clicks, fact-checkers aim to test empirical assertions, and mainstream outlets vary in editorial slant.
7. What we can and cannot conclude from these sources
We can conclude Trump issued an official Thanksgiving proclamation emphasizing unity [1] and that he performed the turkey-pardon ceremony where he made mocking or theatrical remarks reported by several outlets [2] [4]. We cannot conclude from the provided reporting that he specifically delivered sustained, new, or documented “really bad things” about Mike Pence on Thanksgiving Day — the supplied sources do not report that claim (not found in current reporting). If you saw a viral post or clip claiming direct attacks on Pence, provide that clip or a source link and I can compare it to the reporting above.
If you want, I can search for more recent transcripts or video of Trump’s Thanksgiving remarks to confirm whether any direct insults toward Pence occurred and provide exact quotes and timestamps.