Bottom line: Roberts rushed it. Caught the entire family flat footed. Melania was trying to get up to the podium, but Roberts, for some reason, rushed it. Melania looked a bit peeved.

Robert’s didn’t even wait for his family to assemble before he started - fire him!

Is it because he gave the oath the day before. The oath to the constitutional republic

Yes, he did the same last time.

It was announced last week what Bible he would use.

According to +++ Trump is the 17th President to be sworn in without a bible. Do you all really believe Trump would do ANYTHING unintentional? President's Sworn In Without A Bible:

1: Thomas Jefferson (1801): He did not use a Bible, likely out of commitment to the separation of church and state.

2: John Quincy Adams (1825): He swore on a book of laws, symbolizing his commitment to the Constitution and the rule of law rather than a religious text.

3: Theodore Roosevelt (1901): He was sworn in without a Bible after the assassination of President William McKinley while on vacation; the ceremony was rushed, and no Bible was available.

4: Calvin Coolidge (1923): When Coolidge was sworn in following the death of President Warren G. Harding, his father administered the oath without a Bible, adhering to Puritan ethics which frowned upon using objects as symbols of reverence.

17: Donald John Trump (2025):

Reason: TBD

Two Bibles, one his and I am guessing the one from his ancestor that ushered in a great awakening in the Hebrides.

The President is actually sworn in before the public ceremony. I think he had his hand on them most of the time.