Trump did not place his hand on a stack of two Bibles held by first lady Melania Trump during his swearing-in ceremony. President Donald Trump took the oath of office without placing his hand on the bible.
Trump did not place his hand on a stack of two Bibles held by first lady Melania Trump during his swearing-in, but instead he stood with his left arm down by his side as he raised his right hand for the oath of office.
Some commentators have blamed Melania for not bringing it quickly enough to her husband. “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States,” Trump said.
Trump was supposed to put his hand on two different Bibles during the swearing-in ceremony.
His inaugural committee announced on Friday that the same bibles he used in January 2017 would be present, one that Abraham Lincoln put his hand on in 1861 and a personal one gifted to him by his mother in 1955.
The US constitution does not require a Bible for oath of office, but the tradition began back in 1789 when George Washington borrowed one from a Masonic Lodge in New York City.
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