![]() Trump’s choices seem to make a nod to themes that deeply defined his controversial campaign for the presidency and the direction of his administration since emerging victorious – religion and race, and his complicated relationship with both. “As he takes the same oath of office 156 years later, President-elect Trump is humbled to place his hand on Bibles that hold special meaning both to his family and to our country.” “In his first inaugural address, President Lincoln appealed to the ‘better angels of our nature,'” Barrack said. In a statement, Presidential Inauguration Committee Chairman Tom Barrack explained the selections. On Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump announced his choices: a Bible his mother gifted him in 1955 when he graduated from Presbyterian Sunday school and the one President Abraham Lincoln used at his inauguration. ![]() The story behind the Bible adds gravitas – and gives media commentators something to talk about. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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