Legally speaking, it doesn't matter whether the U.S. president placed his hand on a bible. And he wouldn't be the first not to.

President Donald Trump laid out his vision for America shortly after being sworn in as the nation's 47th president. Read the full remarks here.

Donald Trump raised his right hand while placing his left hand on the Bible Monday afternoon. He then took the oath of office ...

President-elect Donald Trump gives the oath of office to become the 47th President of the United States, his second term in office. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States delivered ...

President Donald Trump took his oath of office on his inauguration, becoming the 47th president of the United States. However, some on social media have wondered if Trump failed to correctly take his ...

WASHINGTON — The chief justice of the Supreme Court traditionally administers the oath of office to the incoming president, while the vice president has more flexibility in choosing who reads ...

President Donald Trump swore his oath of office as president for the second ... requirement to swear an oath by religious or secular text, to do so has become customary for nearly all U.S ...

First Lady Melania Trump stood by her husband as he recited the oath with both a family Bible and the Lincoln Bible stacked on top of one another.

The final text mentions oaths three times ... Washington understood why the president’s oath was set aside for that singular office. In the words of Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story a half ...

WASHINGTON — The chief justice of the Supreme Court traditionally administers the oath of office to the incoming president, while the vice president has more flexibility in choosing who reads their ...