(LifeSiteNews) — President Donald Trump said over the weekend he doubted that he would make it to heaven, prompting speculation as to whether he was attempting a self-effacing joke or sharing a genuine spiritual worry.
The comment came during a flight on Air Force One Sunday, in response to Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asking about whether brokering a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas would help with his previously stated desire to reach heaven.
“I’m being a little cute — I don’t think there’s anything going to get me in heaven, okay? I really don’t,” Trump answered. “I think I’m not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly in Air Force One. I’m not sure I’m gonna be able to make heaven, but I’ve made life a lot better for a lot of people.”
BREAKING: President Trump says, “I don’t think there’s anything going to get me in heaven. I’m not maybe heaven bound.”
Mr. President — none of us deserve heaven.
That’s why Christ died.
Repent, confess, and live for Him. Heaven can still be your home. pic.twitter.com/eKGgQc5pFO— John-Henry Westen (@JhWesten) October 13, 2025
The president previously indicated that he sees his attempts to broker international conflict resolutions as key to his eternal fate. “If I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed, I think that’s, I want to try to get to heaven if possible,” he said in August. “I’m hearing I’m not doing well, I’m really at the bottom of the totem pole. But if I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons.”
Trump has identified as Christian and touted his respect for the Bible and prayer but had a notoriously salacious personal life in his past as a celebrity businessman. Debates over his character persisted after his migration to Republican politics, through which he established a strongly pro-life first presidential term but a more mixed record on LGBT issues. Since running for his second term, he has stood firm against gender transitions on minors and taxpayer funding of abortion, while advocating the GOP become more moderate overall on life and homosexuality.
While Trump noted in his latest comments he was “being a little cute,” he has not generally been known to make jokes at his own expense, prompting speculation that he was expressing a genuine worry he harbors, and a confused belief that heaven is reached through good earthly works, rather than acceptance of salvation through Jesus Christ.
He needs better spiritual advisors around him if he believes this. God’s grace covers all, by belief not deed. https://t.co/zK9P6UZY66
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 13, 2025
This is actually good. Trump seems to realize that he cannot earn his way into heaven. This is closer than he was before… https://t.co/Pvyq9Ak336
— Megan Basham (@megbasham) October 13, 2025
“Now is the time for you to seek out the solution to the great problems of life – of sin, of man’s fall from grace, our estrangement from God, our redemption and sanctification by Jesus Christ, the only true God,” LifeSiteNews editor-in-chief John-Henry Westen has previously said. “And through all this, you can come to know, love and serve him for the remainder of your life on earth, and then be happy with him forever in the next.”
