President-elect Donald Trump will use two Bibles to culminate the 60th Presidential Inauguration. He is not the first to do ...

When Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president on Monday, January 20, 2025, he will take an oath and raise his right hand while placing his left on a Bible. At his first inauguration in 2017, ...

Images from the swearing-in show President Trump did not put his hand on a Bible as he was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. His right hand was raised while his left arm hung down ...

First Lady Melania Trump stood by her husband as he recited the oath with both a family Bible and the Lincoln Bible stacked on top of one another.

According to the U.S. Department of State, in 1789 George Washington began the tradition of taking the oath with a hand on the Bible. Presidents can choose another book, for example, John Quincy Adams ...

Trump didn't place his hand on the Bible during his swearing-in, and some of his supporters are blaming John Roberts.

Former President Barack Obama also used the Lincoln bible for both of his inauguration ceremonies. Vance will use a family bible for his oath.

Eagle-eye onlookers were quick to notice President Donald Trump did not have his hand on the Bible when he took ...

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.

President-elect Trump will use a Bible that was given to him by his mother, as well as the Lincoln Bible, for his swearing in on Monday. Trump’s late mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, gave him the ...

The Bible that Trump used for his 2017 inauguration, which was placed on top of the Lincoln Bible, was also gifted to him by his mother and is on display at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.