Donald Trump raised his right hand while placing his left hand on the Bible Monday afternoon. He then took the oath of office ...

The tradition of swearing the oath of office on a Bible stretches back to George Washington, but not all presidents have ...

Article II, meanwhile, merely states that the chief executive of the United States must recite the oath before being able to ...

Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when ...

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

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

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.

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 became president moments after noon, taking the oath read by Chief Justice John Roberts. Trump was joined by his wife ...

President Trump did not place his hand on a stack of two Bibles held by first lady Melania Trump as he was sworn into office ...

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 ...