Being sworn, not "sworn in", is merely the final requirement to become President, other than the calender and clock. It does not *make* one President by itself.
Being sworn, not “sworn in”, is merely the final requirement to become President, other than the calender and clock. It does not *make* one President by itself.
***Sure it does. When did GWB become president? Reagan? Clinton? All at the same moment —when they were sworn in by the chief justice.