President Trump didn't put his hand on the Bible when he took his oath of office.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

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This reminded me of this episode from the West Wing

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I doubt that TFG ever watched the West Wing

[louis-t]

1. Did he have his fingers crossed behind his back?

Sorry, I refuse to watch anything having to do with this sad day.

edit: Maybe he was afraid his hand would catch fire.

[Ars Longa]

43. Ok then , can we put Joe back in?

I think there's a clause it's somewhere in the constitution--Right??

[NameAlreadyTaken]

2. He doesn't even know what a bible is.

Never looked inside one.

[Chemical Bill]

23. He didn't recognize it...

Because it wasn't upside down.

[BoRaGard]

3. When they show you who they are, believe them.

[nolabear]

4. So it's not official, right?

I wish…

[rickford66]

5. So, what say MTG and Bobert et al?

[MacKasey]

6. She is wearing a spy vs spy outfit from Mad Magazine

[jls4561]

7. Afraid it would burst into flames?🔥

[FalloutShelter]

27. Afraid of the lightning bolt.

[LaMouffette]

8. Another DU post said it looked like a "bloody funeral." What a spot-on observation. Sadly, it's a funeral for democracy.

[irisblue]

9. Gee...will Roberts go to out White House to redo the oath like when Roberts messed it up in 2008?

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-politics/after-fumbled-oath-roberts-and-obama-leave-little-to-chance-idUSBRE90H16M/


https://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/obama-vs-roberts-round-two-086451


Likely not, the rules & customs are different for the authoritarians GOPers

[sarisataka]

10. Ironically,

It is the most honest thing he has done

[Beringia]

11. Derelict, and Melania is covering her "just got out of bed hair" this time

[mobeau69]

28. Thought she was going to KY Derby.

[Ilsa]

34. I thought the hat was to make her bruised upper face

harder to see. I like her outfit. At least she didn't emphasize her kidneys. Women aren't required to remove fashion hats indoors, but it looked unflattering at the luncheon table.

[Beringia]

45. I wondered about the hat etiquette, thanks

[Bluethroughu]

12. He will use that as an excuse to break the law and oath further!

He will not leave that office, or he will appoint that greezy scumbag musk.

[Oopsie Daisy]

13. OMG... Melania's hat!! 😂🤣

[Maeve]

17. Throw in tge Hamburgler and you've got it!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. The first POTUS in over 100 years to not put his hand on the Bible while taking the oath of office

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[99MainSt]

40. He didn't touch it because of his own ignorance and superstition.

He probably has little idea of what's actually in the bible and he's afraid of it.

[Diamond_Dog]

51. Where is the outrage from the Christian Taliban?

[Emile]

15. Who is the guy with the funny hat on holding the bible?

[Frasier Balzov]

19. The brim reaper.

[Emile]

21. LOL

[Sparkly]

24. Hah! She looks like the preacher in Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring in one pic.

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[pamdb]

16. bible

Was it a trump bible?

Maybe if it was a regular one he was afraid it would burst in flames if he touched it.

[spanone]

18. The fear of spontaneous combustion.

[Wiz Imp]

20. Imagine the reaction on FOX News if Obama or Biden had done that

[SamKnause]

22. I don't care that he didn't put his hand on that evil false book about an imaginary diety.

I will save my outrage for important things.

Fuck Christian Nationalists and their evil book.

It is nothing but a prop.

[99MainSt]

37. Much of biblical content is ancient superstition.

There are some interesting historical clues but too many people still take the superstitious parts seriously.

[MurrayDelph]

42. Imagine if it had been a Democrat who'd "missed"

The professional umbrage organizations would have had a month's worth of material.

Personally, I've long-maintained that if I were ever to hold a sworn office, I would swear in on a copy of Amazing Fantasy #15, the origin issue of Spider-Man, which ends with the moral "With great power comes great responsibility."

Something the loudest thumpers have forgotten.

[Blue_Tires]

46. Exactly

If a Dem did this, Trumpers would be calling him illegitimate and demanding his immediate removal from office

[LetMyPeopleVote]

25. We're off to a great start

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[surfered]

26. It burns to touch it if you're the devil.

[piddyprints]

29. What difference does it make?

Do you think it means anything to him at all? He probably just didn't want to get cooties or something like that. He swore to uphold the Constitution... I assume, although I didn't watch a single second of it... which he also swore last time and didn't do. His word is worth shit. Who cares if he touched a Bible?

[Mariana]

53. It makes no difference.

It's foolish to try to make a big deal about because his Christian supporters do not care.

[bucolic_frolic]

30. Judgment Day incoming

Faster than some of us think.

[WestMichRad]

31. It's okay

He didn’t mean a single word of it anyway!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

32. So according to Aileen Cannon, he isn't Constitutionally kosher. NT.

[Ping Tung]

33. Trump is selling 'God Bless the USA' Bibles for $59.99

https://apnews.com/article/trump-god-bless-usa-bible-greenwood-2713fda3efdfa297d0f024efb1ca3003

“Happy Holy Week! Let’s Make America Pray Again. As we lead into Good Friday and Easter, I encourage you to get a copy of the God Bless the USA Bible,” Trump wrote, directing his supporters to a website selling the book for $59.99.

[BoRaGard]

35. Yet another omen: Capitol Flag remained at half staff

Frozen ropes and hardware would not budge. So it flew at half staff -- as it should.

TWO SUPER GOOPY GOP OMENS -- NO BIBLE. NO FLAG.

NO HONOR.

[BoRaGard]

39. Also, no kiss

He and Melonia just kinda got near each other after the "swearing"
and then they did a super-sanitary looking air-pucker --
kinda like an "I fart in your general direction" but in the form of a so-called kiss.

So after consulting with the High Toast Tester of Metaphysical Malarky,
I rank that fake-ass phony air kiss as another OMEN.

A big nasty stinking one, as usual

[keithbvadu2]

48. When they do kiss...

[sanduca]

36. Please, don't call him President...

Just call him trump in lower case. I prefer trumputin but that's just me.
He doesn't deserve the title of President. I'm also certain, he didn't earn it. I feel strongly that somehow he stole 2016 and 2024.
Nope, I'm no conspiracy theorist🤨

[Think. Again.]

38. I'm sure that this is his way of...

...telling himself he has absolutely no obligation to honor the oath.

[Sogo]

41. He had to leave one hand free to cross his fingers while swearing the oath....

nt.

[usregimechange]

44. Could have just crossed his fingers behind his back

[PJMcK]

47. So what?

Trump will violate the oath before the day is over so what difference does it make?

Besides, why is this book used by a so-called secular nation?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

49. Trump didn't place his hand on the Bible when taking his oath of office.

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Trump didn’t place his hand on the Bible when taking his oath of office.

Funny how Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t trying to track him down like she tried to do with Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib in 2019.

[PCIntern]

50. Imagine if a Democrat did not place his or her hand on the Bible....

Fox News 24/7. Nuff said.

[Diamond_Dog]

52. What is she holding, then? Two books of some kind? What the heck. They are such bizarre freaks.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

54. This made me smile

[LetMyPeopleVote]

55. For this thread