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Trump Oath of Office, Musk 'Nazi Salute' & Female Child-Support Recipients

Plus: 25 Rumors We've Fact-Checked About Martin Luther King Jr. Over the Years

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Izz LaMagdeleine
January 21, 2025

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Rumor Has It Trump Took Oath of Office Without Placing Hand on Bible. We Checked the Footage

Following the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th U.S. president Monday, a rumor spread online that he took the oath of office without placing his hand on a Bible.

Photos of the swearing-in ceremony showing Trump with his right hand raised and his left hand at his side — as opposed to atop the stack of Bibles first lady Melania Trump held while standing next to him — were authentic, unedited images from the ceremony. Trump also did not visibly place his left hand on the bibles at any point in the below video footage of the oath, made available by C-SPAN and The Associated Press. Snopes reporter Caroline Wazer investigated.

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Did Musk Give 'Nazi Salute' at Trump's 2025 Inauguration Rally? Here's What We Know

Online users shared videos showing Musk twice extending his hand outward from his heart but omitted his words explaining the gesture.

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Did Meta Buy TikTok? What To Know About Claims of Sale

Claims that TikTok had been sold circulated after the app went dark in response to a U.S. federal ban, then returned a short time later.

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Trump Didn't Say Female Child-Support Recipients Can No Longer Claim Children on Taxes

The U.S. president made many promises ahead of his inauguration.

A Facebook post shows a white man, a dog, and a meal consisting of meat and vegetables underneath. The post says, "Started raising meat dogs at Ko'olau Ranch on Kauai, & my goal is to create some of the highest-quality ground dog in the world. The dogs are Labrador & Rottweiler, they'll grow up eating macadamia meal & drinking beer we grow & produce here on the ranch. (They're eating nuts, drinking beer, & it's all local so harvesting dogs for meat is FINE!) We want the whole process to be local and vertically integrated. My daughters help plant the mac trees & take care of our meat dogs, which adds to the ethical nature of our farm. We're still early in our dog meat journey & it's fun improving every season. Of all my projects, this is the most delicious."

Don't Fall for Outrageous Claim That Mark Zuckerberg Started His Own Dog Meat Farm in Hawaii

Online users discussed a rumor about the Meta CEO in the days after he announced the end of the company's U.S. third-party fact-checking program.

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Greenland's Prime Minister Did Not Troll Trump on Social Media

The claim that Greenland's prime minister, Múte Bourup Egede, made a cheeky post on social media about President Donald Trump's inauguration was labeled as satire.

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25 Rumors We've Fact-Checked About Martin Luther King Jr. Over the Years

For decades, we've fact-checked the life and legacy of the late civil rights leader.