(CP) President Donald Trump didn’t place his hand on the 2 Bibles held by his spouse, Melania Trump, when he took his second oath of workplace to grow to be the forty seventh president of the US on Monday.
Some customers on social media speculated that Trump didn’t see the Bibles subsequent to him as a result of Chief Justice John Roberts started the oath of workplace earlier than all members of the Trump household had been in place. By the point Melania had reached Trump, his hand was already raised and he was taking the oath.
The oath, which historically takes place at midday precisely, started a minute late.
Roberts flubbed former President Barack Obama’s first oath of workplace in 2009 by reciting the oath incorrectly, prompting the necessity for Obama to take the oath a second time in a personal ceremony on the White Home.
The inaugural committee introduced in a press release final Friday that the Bibles within the ceremony included the one utilized by former President Abraham Lincoln to take his oath of workplace in 1861 on the eve of the Civil Conflict, in addition to Trump’s circle of relatives Bible, each of which he used when he was sworn in for his first time period in 2017.
Trump’s private Bible was given to him by his mom, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, in 1955 when he was 9 years outdated.
Vice President JD Vance was sworn in by Affiliate Justice Brett Kavanaugh on a King James Bible that was owned by his maternal great-grandmother, and was given to him by his “Mamaw” in 2003 when he joined the US Marines.
The inauguration ceremony, which was moved indoors late final week due to chilly climate, hit one other snag when accompanying music for singer Carrie Underwood did not play, resulting in some awkward moments till Underwood selected to sing “America the Lovely” a cappella whereas the viewers joined.
A number of US presidents have taken their oath of workplace on multiple Bible, together with former Presidents Harry S Truman and Richard Nixon.
Usually the totally different Bibles may have each historic and private that means, resembling when former President Dwight D Eisenhower used his private Bible and that utilized by George Washington in 1789.
The Lincoln Bible additionally featured in Obama’s swearing-in throughout each of his inaugurations in 2009 and 2013.
Trump drew controversy final yr when he promoted the “God Bless the USA” Bible, which was impressed by the Lee Greenwood music of the identical identify and went for $69.99.
A particular Inauguration Day version of the “God Bless the USA” Bible was launched earlier this month, additionally priced at $69.99 plus delivery.
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