(NEXSTAR) – President Donald Trump, when taking his most recent oath of office, did not appear to place his left hand on ...

President Trump didn't place his hand on a Bible when he took his oath of office on Jan. 20, 2025. He’s not the first ...

Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, Jan. 20, taking the presidential oath without ...

President Donald Trump did not place his hand on the two Bibles held by his wife, Melania Trump, when he took his second oath ...

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

All the Constitution requires is that the President-elect, in this case Trump, must take the oath of office and recite the ...

Eisenhower, Warren G. Harding, and George H.W. Bush. Washington also set a precedent of kissing the Bible after taking the oath of office. Presidents followed suit, up until 1853, when Franklin ...

Photos of the swearing-in ceremony showing Trump with his right hand raised and his left hand at his side — as opposed to atop the stack of bibles first lady Melania Trump held while standing ...

“The Bible which had belonged to my mother lay ... Trump did indeed have two Bibles nearby when taking his most recent oath of office — one given to him by his great-grandmother, and another ...

During his oath, Trump did not place his hand atop the Bible, a moment that quickly took over on social media as people ...

The tradition of swearing the oath of office on a Bible stretches back to George Washington, but not all presidents have observed it. By Elizabeth Dias National religion correspondent As Donald J.

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