President-elect Donald Trump is set to place his hands on two Bibles during his swearing-in ceremony on Monday, marking the conclusion of the 60th Presidential Inauguration. According to a press release from his inaugural committee, Trump will use the Bible his mother gave him in 1955 to commemorate his Sunday Church Primary School graduation at First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, New York.
This religious volume is a 1953 revised standard version published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in New York. Trump’s name is embossed on the lower part of its front cover, and the inside includes signatures from church officials, an inscription with his name, and details about when the Bible was presented to him. Along with the sentimental Bible, the Lincoln Bible, first used in 1861 for the inauguration of the 16th U.S. president, will also be utilized, Fox News reported.
“It has only been used three times since, by President Obama at each of his inaugurations and by President Trump at his first inauguration in 2017,” Trump’s team states. “The burgundy velvet-bound book is part of the collections of the Library of Congress.” According to the Associated Press, Obama took the oath of office on two Bibles in 2013: one formerly owned by Martin Luther King Jr. and the other known as the Lincoln Bible.
When Trump is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States inside the Capitol’s rotunda, he will do so facing a bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the federal holiday commemorating King’s legacy, Fox reported.
Following the 2024 election, a new CNN poll by SSRS reveals that many Democratic supporters believe the party must undergo major changes, feeling “burned out” by politics. The party now faces its lowest favorability ratings in over 30 years.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s return to political life is reshaping the GOP, as a majority of its supporters now view backing the president-elect as essential to being a true Republican.These developments occur within a broader climate of political dissatisfaction, where even Republicans are far more likely to report disappointment and frustration with politics than to feel optimistic, inspired, or proud, CNN noted.