Americans celebrate the traditional Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, a day of stuffed turkey and endless family meals, with politics in ambush in a deeply divided country.
While millions of families prepare their feast across the country, New Yorkers were able to admire giant inflatable figures in the rain and descend along the avenues of Manhattan for the traditional parade organized by the Macy’s department stores.
In the procession were seen a giant Minnie Mouse, the Ronald McDonald of the fast food chain and even Goku, a character from the manga Dragon Ball.
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Donald Trump, elected president, wished in a message on his Truth social network a “happy Thanksgiving to everyone, including the far-left lunatics who worked so hard to destroy our country, but who failed miserably .”
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Joe Biden went to a fire station on the upscale island of Nantucket, on the northeast coast of the country, to give pumpkin pies – a Thanksgiving tradition – to those on duty in this holiday.
“By the grace of God, I am grateful that we have managed to make more progress in the Middle East,” he also declared to the press, before criticizing the Republican’s latest announcements on his desire to increase customs duties with neighboring countries.
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The president also criticized the Republican’s latest announcements on his desire to increase customs duties with neighboring countries.
The Democrat pardoned two turkeys, “Peach” and “Blossom”, at the White House on Monday during his last such ceremony before handing over to Donald Trump on January 20.
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Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris, defeated at the polls on November 5, must participate in a charitable action to give meals to the most deprived in the capital Washington.
The Thanksgiving holiday celebrates the first harvest, obtained with the help of Native Americans, English pilgrims recently arrived on the American continent.
With tens of millions of Americans traveling to join their families, the period now represents one of the busiest times of the year at airports and on the nation’s roadways.
For many of them, this obligatory family reunion will be the occasion for arguments about politics, less than a month after Donald Trump’s victory. Deb Miedema, a resident of Minnesota, even told AFP that she canceled the festivities to avoid hearing her family’s pro-Trump members around her table.
