She knew the closing words were a pledge to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." "I stood facing the throng between the chief justice and Lyndon while he took the oath," Lady Bird recorded in her diary. Other oath words may be harder for Trump: "... faithfully execute ..." There have been many times in Trump's life when he has said "I do" but then has not been entirely faithful. Finally, here are the oath's most important words: "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution." One cannot easily preserve, protect, and defend what one does not even understand, much less revere.

Source: CNN January 20, 2017 02:19 UTC