When President Donald Trump took the oath of office, he didn't have his hand on the Bible. Does this matter and why do politicians do it at all?

President Donald Trump, when taking his most recent oath of office, did not appear to place his left hand on either of the Bibles brought to the swearing-in ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday.

Although presidents and other government officials have historically sworn the oath on a Bible, the Constitution doesn’t require it.

During his oath, Trump did not place his hand atop the Bible, a moment that quickly took over on social media as people ...

As millions watched President Donald Trump’s inauguration at the White House on Monday, Jan. 20, many noticed that he did not ...

During his presidential swearing-in inaugural ceremony, Donald Trump several times invoked God, while inexplicably not ...

President Donald Trump was sworn into office this Monday in Washington, D.C., and First Lady Melania Trump held his personal ...

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 ...

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When President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in on Monday, he’s expected to have his hand on a Bible or two. He used two in 2017: a personal Bible he’d had since childhood and one used by former ...

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Whenever I shook hands with someone, there was a big chance that they’d exclaim about how silky they felt. But of course, time is not kind to our skin, and the skin on my hands was no exception.