Trump took oath of office without his hand on the Bible
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Donald Trump didn’t put his hand on the Bible during his oath of office. He’s still the president.
Although presidents and other government officials have historically sworn the oath on a Bible, the Constitution doesn’t require it.
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President-elect Donald Trump, from left, takes the oath of office as son Barron Trump and wife Melania Trump watch during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP) AP
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Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)
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Theodore Roosevelt did not use a Bible when he was sworn in following the death of President William McKinley in 1901. Lyndon Johnson had his hand on a Catholic missal, or prayer book, when he took the oath aboard Air Force One after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
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