Trump: I Am a Religious Person and Expect to Enter Heaven... I Do Not Want to Go to Hell

U.S. President Donald Trump said he hopes to enter heaven after his death and does not want to go to hell, but he acknowledged that he cannot forgive two of his most prominent political rivals, even if forgiveness were a condition for entering heaven, emphasizing that he hates some of his enemies and will always hate them. Trump’s remarks came during an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” which touched on political and personal issues, including death, the afterlife, and his relationship with his rivals. When asked what he believes will happen to him after his death, Trump replied, “I am a religious person, so theoretically, I will go to heaven.” When the journalist asked if he truly believed he would enter heaven, he answered, “I hope so. I don’t want to go to hell.” The interview recalled the funeral service for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, during which his widow, Erica, spoke about Christian forgiveness and the necessity of forgiving enemies, before noting that Trump himself had declared during that same event his hatred for his rivals and his wish for no good to come to them. The journalist posed a hypothetical question to Trump: What if he died and found that the only condition for entering heaven was feeling love and forgiveness toward former FBI Director James Comey, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and other rivals he has openly declared he hates? Trump responded with surprise, “Then I wouldn’t be honest with myself, would I?” He added that he could easily claim he is able to forgive them, but described them as dishonest and extremely harmful to the United States. When pressed by the journalist on whether his answer meant he refused to forgive them, Trump said, “The answer is no. I want to be honest. No.”