Trump held the Bible outside St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., during the June 1, 2020 photo op in Lafayette Square. The “upside down” part was widely repeated online, but fact-checks found he held it right-side up.

What happened

  • The church was St. John’s Episcopal Church, just across from the White House.
  • Trump stood in front of the church with a Bible after protesters were cleared from the area.
  • Several later fact-checks said the Bible was not actually upside down.

Why people remember it that way

The Bible had no visible writing on the cover, so from some angles it could look flipped. But image and video reviews found he consistently held it normally.

TL;DR: It was St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., and the “upside down Bible” claim is false.