Seeing a lot of posts about Trump not putting his hand on the Bible and people commenting that he did with no sauce or because they don't want to believe it.
Here is a video where it starts at the 2:40 mark to show he does not put his hand on the Bible. 1 cell phone cannot block an entire view, nor arm, nor hand.
https://youtu.be/T2kZFz4qLqo?t=161
It just didn't happen, please accept this.
It is clear Melania is uncomfortable and probably even upset about this.
It is clear that there was no guidance for Trump to do so like with Vance.
It is clear that it was rushed and Melania was not given time to come up like Vance's family, but she knew what was going on and promptly did her part to get up there to keep things going. She was well aware regardless so good on her.
Take this for whatever you want. But the fact is, Trump did not put his hand on the Bible.
I agree….for symbolism I wish it had been done properly. The POTUS is sworn in before the public ceremony, so there is no functional issue that it didn’t happen.
Robert’s is the worst, and the flag is still at half-mast at the Supreme Court building.
John Roberts has fucked up the ceremony before. This includes the 2009 ceremony with Royally fucking up the oath with Barack Obama to the point that they did it again in private the next night.
Part of the reason for today's fuck up was because the ceremony was running late.
Here is what I believe was the true order of the ceremony: