Trump took the oath of office on Monday immediately after Vice President JD Vance was sworn in by Associate Supreme Court ...
The president raised his right hand and ... 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 the Buffalo, New York ...
There are at least two recorded inaugurations in which the president did not swear their oath on a Bible. The first was in 1825, when John Quincy Adams took his oath “while reading a volume of ...
Images from the inauguration show President Trump did not put his hand on a Bible as he was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. It is not required in the Constitution.
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 ...
President Obama also took the oath of office on two Bibles back in 2013, the Associated Press reported. One was owned by Martin Luther King Jr. and the other was the Lincoln Bible. When Trump is ...
VERIFY reader Ruth emailed us to ask about Trump’s oath. Does the president have to swear the oath of office on a Bible? No, the president does not have to swear the oath of office on a Bible.