C’est un véritable rituel, respecté depuis des décennies…
Les prises de fonction des prédécesseurs de Barack Obama.
Le texte que prononce le président des Etats-Unis lorsqu’il prête serment est écrit dans la Constitution :
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States”.
George W. Bush takes the Oath of Office
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAW2PrNuFqI]
Bill Clinton – Oath of office January 20th, 1993
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUXUkMG6R9M]
George H. W. Bush – Oath of office January 20th, 1989
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJF1iQrvd0M]
Ronald Reagan – Oath of office January 20th, 1981
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA-niEN1Ttc]
John F. Kennedy – Oath of office January 20th, 1961
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Sfjy0ATbQ]
Franklin D. Roosevelt – Oath of office March 4th, 1933
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHoSUBzO0f0]