Donald Trump Can't Let Go of Heaven Fears as He Makes 'Honest' Confession About His Fate

President Donald Trump once again mused over his mortality as he expressed doubt about his chances of getting into heaven.

"I hope to make it. But I doubt I will, to be honest with you. A lot of you will. I'm not so sure,” he said during a speech in Georgia on Thursday, February 19.

This wasn’t the first time Trump has pondered publicly about his status in the afterlife.

Addressing the National Prayer Breakfast on February 5, he walked back previous pessimistic remarks in which he also expressed doubt of his entry into heaven, claiming they were "sarcastic" and that he was "just having fun.”

He later added, "I really think I probably should make it. I mean, I’m not a perfect candidate, but I did a h--- of a lot of good for perfect people.”

Trump's post-mortem musings became a recurring theme during his second term, particularly in the context of his foreign policy efforts.

The 79-year-old president told Fox News in August 2025 that he had a personal stake in trying to end Russia’s war against Ukraine — something he had pledged to do on the first day of his second term.

“If I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed, I think that’s a pretty — I want to try and get to heaven if possible,” he said. “I’m hearing I’m not doing well. I hear I’m really at the bottom of the totem pole. If I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons.”

In October 2025, when asked by Fox News reporter Peter Doocy if a peace deal in Gaza would help him, Trump replied, "I don’t think there’s anything going to get me in heaven. I think I’m not maybe heaven-bound.”

Trump, who has been convicted of 34 felonies, has argued that belief in heaven is the primary reason to be "good," stating, "If you don't have heaven... what's the reason? Why do I have to be good?"

He has expressed confidence that his mother is in heaven but has jokingly noted he is "not 100 percent sure" about his father.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said that Trump indeed "wants to get to heaven" and was serious about his spiritual motivations.

The Daily Beast noted that Trump first began talking publicly about his fate last summer, shortly after the White House announced that he had been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, which makes it difficult for blood to return from the lower extremities to the heart.