Looks like Donald Trump did not put hand on Bible when swearing in.
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Please stop posting this nonsense.
BLAME ROBERTS he rushed the whole damn thing.
Maybe it's not nonsense if Devolution is real and the military is handing power back to the rightful president elected by the people back in 2020. This could mean Trump is actually the 46th president and had already been sworn in sometime previous. Justice Roberts is playing along because he doesn't want to get McCain'd.
Just a theory.
Maybe.
No blame no shame, it just happened that way.
Exactly, didn't even wait for Melania to walk up with the bible. They gave lots of time for Vance's family to be walked into the room first, but rushed Trump's swearing in. 😒
Thank you.
Doesn't the President get signed in first not the Vice President?
George Washington took the oath on a Masonic Bible loaned to him by a local lodge and set a precedent of kissing it afterward. That Bible went on to be used in the inaugurations of Presidents Warren G. Harding, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter, and George H.W. Bush. Franklin Pierce broke the precedent of kissing the Bible in 1853 and affirmed rather than swore the oath.
Who didn’t use a Bible? John Quincy Adams took his oath in 1825 on a law book. Theodore Roosevelt — who was sworn in at the Buffalo, New York, home of his friend Ansley Wilcox in 1901 after President William McKinley was assassinated — did not use any book at all. Lyndon B. Johnson took the oath of office aboard Air Force One after John F. Kennedy’s assassination with a Roman Catholic missal or prayer book belonging to Kennedy that was found on the plane.
Everyone watching it here commented on exactly what OP says in the title.
It's true, and was shocking, not nonsensical.
A big deal was made of him using this special Bible, for days. Otherwise, there'd be less hullabaloo about him not.
If you watched the oath being given you would realize that ROBERTS rushed the whole thing. Not only that, but this information has already been posted. And he can always take the oath again, but ask yourself, does Trump really need to? Like all of the sudden you think he’s going to renege on all of his promises that he made? GTFO
Not at all. Just statin' the facts, ma'am.
Do we even recognize Justice Roberts as the legit. Chief Justice?
Geee..... Number 17 ..... where did I see that number before? LOL....
Matthew 5:34-35, 37 NET [34] But I say to you, do not take oaths at all – not by heaven, because it is the throne of God, [35] not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. [37] Let your word be ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no.’ More than this is from the evil one.
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I'm disappointed in the comments, directives not to ask and speculation as to why. It happened.
100% legitimate topic for discussion.
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