(Getty Images) He is not the first president to have a mix-up when it came to taking the oath. Former President Barack Obama took the oath of office a second time after a word was said out of ...

President Donald Trump did not place his hand on the two Bibles held by his wife, Melania Trump, when he took his second oath of office to become the 47th president of the United States.

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.

Obama is putting a symbolic twist on a time-honored tradition, taking the oath of office for his second term with his hand placed not on a single Bible, but two, one owned by Martin Luther King Jr ...

Donald Trump is set to make an historic statement at his swearing-in ceremony on Monday as he lays his hands upon not one but two Bibles while taking the oath of office, including one used by ...

In 2017, Trump stacked a family Bible atop Lincoln’s while taking the oath. That recalls Barack Obama, who also used the Lincoln Bible during his first swearing-in in 2009. During his second in 2014, ...

In 2013, Obama too took the oath of office keeping his hands on two Bibles -- one was owned by Martin Luther King Jr and the other was the Lincoln Bible. Donald Trump will take his oath on two Bibles.

In 2017, Trump stacked a family Bible atop Lincoln’s while taking the oath. That recalls Barack Obama, who also used the Lincoln Bible during his first swearing-in in 2009. During his second in ...