Saturday, August 23, 2025

Sorry, Donald. You Cannot 'work your way into Heaven.'

 President Donald Trump prays during the National Prayer Breakfast event in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 2, 2017.

President Donald Trump prays during the National Prayer Breakfast event in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 2, 2017. | (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

President Donald Trump's recent comments suggesting he could earn his way to Heaven by ending the Ukraine-Russia war prompted a flurry of theological debate on social media regarding good works, salvation and the state of the president's soul.

"I want to try and get to Heaven if possible," Trump told "Fox & Friends" during a phone interview Tuesday morning. "I'm hearing I'm not doing well. I hear I'm really at the bottom of the totem pole."

"But if I can get to Heaven, this will be one of the reasons," he added, referring to potentially helping to secure an end to the bloodshed in Ukraine. CP.

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