and defend the Constitution of the United States,” Trump said after Chief Justice John Roberts had asked him to raise his right hand to take his oath. Like he did in 2017, Trump was sworn in ...

For the second time, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office on Inauguration Day Monday in Washington, D.C., by raising his right hand and putting his left hand on top of a Bible.

“Jacques-Louis David’s painting ‘The Oath of the Horatii’ [1784–5] seems to ... In 1942, Congress officially changed the salute to a hand held over the heart.” (Musk, on the other ...

He then put his right hand over his heart before extending ... straight-armed variety of the sort performed by Musk. The Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David (1784 and 1785) It was during ...

By Elizabeth Dias National religion correspondent As Donald J. Trump raised his right hand to take the oath of office as president on Monday, his left stayed at his side. Although his wife ...

(NEXSTAR) – 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 ...

Trump also did not visibly place his left hand on the bibles at any point in the below video footage of the oath, made available by C-SPAN and The Associated Press. Based on this evidence ...

Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, Jan. 20, taking the presidential oath without placing his hand on the Bibles Melania held beside him Lizzie Hyman is a ...

Trump broke with another tradition: He did not place his left hand on the two Bibles first lady Melania Trump was holding. Video and photos show that Trump recited the oath from Roberts without ...

Trump, who is the oldest person to be sworn in as president of the U.S., did not place his left hand on the Bibles being held by his wife, Melania Trump. Oath of office started as family was ...

During his oath, Trump did not place his hand atop the Bible, a moment that quickly took over on social media as people watching at home took notice. "Why isn’t Trump’s hand on the Bible??" ...