Donald Trump Insists He Was Being 'Sarcastic' After Saying He Doesn't Think 'Anything' Will 'Get Him Into Heaven'

Donald Trump claimed he was being "sarcastic" when he told reporters he didn't think heaven was in the cards for him last month.

During an interview with Fox News on Monday, November 10, host Laura Ingraham asked the president about the comment, telling him, "A lot of Christians were sort of sad to hear that."

Trump replied by referencing The New York Times' recent article on his statement about not getting into heaven and declared the outlet took what he said "totally literally."

"When I made that statement, I was being funny — sarcastic,” he told Ingraham. "You know, it’s bad for a politician to be sarcastic. I said, ‘I’m never going to make it to heaven... I don’t think can I make it. I don’t think I qualify.' I was kidding. I was having fun."

However, he did remark, "I don’t know if I will or not...I don’t know."

The question of whether Trump believes he'll make it into heaven all started when the POTUS expressed his hope that ending the war in Ukraine would help his chances of making it to the pearly gates.

Trump spoke to the press on Sunday, October 12, while aboard Air Force One before he departed for Israel after arranging a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

Fox News' Peter Doocy asked, "You talked about how you hoped to end the war in Ukraine because it might help you get into heaven. How does this help? Does this help?"

Trump replied with a smile, "I mean, I'm being a little cute. I don't think there's anything going to get me in heaven."

The controversial commander-in-chief continued, "I really don't."

Laughing, he added, "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 going to be able to make heaven, but I've made life a lot better for a lot of people."

Much of Trump's interview with Ingraham on Monday was tense.

When the conservative television presenter brought up the rising costs of housing in the U.S., stating the fact that the average first-time homebuyer is now 40, Trump tried to cut her off mid-question, exclaiming, "We inherited that, you have to understand."

“Let me get to the question, though," she shot back.

Ingraham also pressed Trump about the state of the country's economy, asking, “Why are people saying they are anxious about the economy? Why are they saying that?”

The president dismissed the question, declaring. “I don’t know that they are saying [that]. I think polls are fake. We have the greatest economy we ever had."