Donald Trump appeared to forget to place his hand on a stack of Bibles held by his wife Melania Trump as he was sworn into ...

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

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

U.S. President Donald Trump took his oath of office on Monday with his right hand raised, but without placing his left hand ...

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

President Trump's family wasn't in place as the oath of office began, including his wife, Melania, who was holding two Bibles ...

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 ...

Legally speaking, it doesn't matter whether the U.S. president placed his hand on a bible. And he wouldn't be the first not to.

Although it's done so often it seems like rule, is there a requirement to use a Bible during a swearing-in ceremony?

Some social media users wondered if Donald Trump not taking the oath on a religious text meant he wasn't properly sworn in.

Readers of the Baron de Montesquieu’s “The Spirit of Laws” — they cited no book but the Bible more often than ... federal service at all, that oath of office is still with us, for public ...

An oil painting of George Washington taking the oath of office as the first president of the United States ... down to Harry Truman has always taken that oath with his hand on the Bible,” Waldrop ...