Amid his swearing-in ceremony, viewers wondered if Trump actually placed his hand on the Bible as presidents typically do at ...

The tradition of swearing the oath of office on a Bible stretches back to George Washington, but not all presidents have ...

Donald Trump took the oath of office to become the 47th president of the United States at the inauguration, but did not put ...

The placement of Trump’s left hand, however, has no bearing on the legitimacy of his first day back at the job. The U.S. Constitution does not stipulate that a president-to-be p ...