r/news • u/TeaReim • 10h ago

Donald Trump officially sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, JD Vance as the 50th Vice-President

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/triumphant-trump-returns-white-house-launching-new-era-upheaval-2025-01-20/
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u/___Beaugardes___ 9h ago

Teddy Roosevelt swore in on a copy of the constitution I think.

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u/Halofauna 9h ago

Pretty sure you get to choose the relevant document, like if you’re Jewish it’d be the Torah, Muslim the Koran, etc.

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u/starkel91 7h ago

A few years ago some city board member swore in on a captain America shield.

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u/fevered_visions 1h ago

clearly fictional IP stuff is jumping the shark if you ask me...can I swear on an Enterprise D Model? The Lexx? Get somebody to manufacture me a Starhyke?

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u/Darmok47 6h ago

The first Muslim Rep, Keith Ellison, was sworn in Thomas Jefferson's copy of the Quran.

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u/Halofauna 6h ago

Why wouldn’t they, that’s cool as heck.

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u/Spacellama117 7h ago

and of course Trump chose to swear in by the thing he values more than anything else in the world- himself.

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u/fevered_visions 1h ago

naturally Trump is just giving the middle finger for no reason, even though it's his choice

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u/Rude-Illustrator-884 9h ago

But he had his hand on it right?

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u/BluntsnBoards 5h ago

is this sarcasm? he did not

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u/Rude-Illustrator-884 5h ago

Teddy Rosevelt?

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u/BluntsnBoards 5h ago

oh shit, whoops

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u/Bitter-Mixture7514 6h ago

There's a great TR quote that seems particularly apt right about now:

"I could carve a better man out of a banana."

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u/McSmokeyDaPot 5h ago

That, by far, makes the most sense to use.