Trump took the oath of office on Monday immediately after Vice President JD Vance was sworn in by Associate Supreme Court ...

During his 2017 inauguration, Trump used both a family Bible and the so-called Lincoln Bible, belonging to America’s 16th president. In 2021, Biden used a family Bible that date ...

President Donald Trump did not place his hand on the Holy Bible Monday as he was swearing into office for a second time, multiple clips of his inauguration show. Trump was sworn in by US Supreme Court ...

Although presidents and other government officials have historically sworn the oath on a Bible, the Constitution doesn’t require it.

Donald Trump raised his right hand while placing his left hand on the Bible Monday afternoon. He then took the oath of office and was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States.

(Morry Gash – Pool/Getty Images) The U.S. Constitution does not stipulate that a president-to-be place his or her hand on a Bible when taking the Oath, because each president who recites this ...

The longstanding tradition of taking the presidential oath with one hand on a Bible stretches back to George Washington and was observed by Mr. Trump in 2017. But doing so is not a requirement.

However, some on social media have wondered if Trump failed to correctly take his oath by doing so without a hand on the Bible. VERIFY reader Ruth emailed us to ask about Trump’s oath. Article II of ...

Donald Trump raised his right hand while his left hand hovered ... Who didn’t use a Bible? John Quincy Adams took his oath in 1825 on a law book. Theodore Roosevelt — who was sworn in at ...