Donald J. Trump took the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States Monday, promising to reverse what he referred to as the nation’s decline and vowing that he would usher in a new “golden age of America.

President Trump's family wasn't in place as the oath of office began, including his wife, Melania, who was holding two Bibles.

Although presidents and other government officials have historically sworn the oath on a Bible, the Constitution doesn’t require it.

President Trump didn't place his hand on a Bible when he took his oath of office on Jan. 20, 2025. He’s not the first president to swear the oath without doing so.

Watch as President Trump is sworn in to serve as the 47th president as he takes the presidential oath administered by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.

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Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when he was sworn into office in 1901, and John Quincy Adams, who chose a legal book for his 1825 swearing-in, to signify his responsibility to uphold the U.S. constitutional law.

Some social media users wondered if Donald Trump not taking the oath on a religious text meant he wasn't properly sworn in.

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