Article II, meanwhile, merely states that the chief executive of the United States must recite the oath before being able to take office. (Interestingly, there is also no stipulat ...

Trump took the oath of office on Monday immediately after Vice President JD Vance was sworn in by Associate Supreme Court ...

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.

President Donald Trump did not place his hand on a Bible when taking the oath of office in January. Is that a requirement?

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

The longstanding tradition of taking the presidential oath with one hand on a Bible stretches back to George Washington and was observed by Mr. Trump in 2017. But doing so is not a requirement.

Like he did in 2017, Trump was sworn in using the Lincoln Bible and another Bible that belonged to his mother. The president raised his right hand and began the swearing-in before his wife, Melania, ...

WASHINGTON (Gray News) – Photos of the swearing-in of President Donald Trump on Monday show him with his hand at his side, not atop the Bible. First Lady Melania Trump stood next to the president ...

(Morry Gash – Pool/Getty Images) The U.S. Constitution does not stipulate that a president-to-be place his or her hand on a Bible when taking the Oath, because each president who recites this ...

Is a Bible required to take office in the U.S.? Whether Trump did or did not get his left hand on top of the Bibles actually doesn't matter as the U.S. Constitution says “no religious Text shall ...