With Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issuing the oath of office, Trump’s wife Melania stood next to the president and held two Bibles.
After Vice President JD Vance delivered his oath of office, Trump and his wife walked up to Roberts so the president could be sworn in.
During his inauguration on Monday, President Donald Trump appeared to forget to put his hand on the Bibles he brought for the swearing-in ceremony, instead leaving his left arm by his side.
One of the books was given to Trump by his mother in 1955 to “mark his Sunday Church Primary School graduation at First Presbyterian Church, in Jamaica, New York,” the inaugural committee noted in a press release.
The other religious text in the first lady’s hands was the Lincoln Bible, the book first used to swear in the 16th president in 1861.
