Trump wants to go to heaven for ending the war in Ukraine. What religion is he? Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY August 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM Trump wants to go to heaven for ending the war in Ukraine.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY August 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Trump wants to go to heaven for ending the war in Ukraine. What religion is he?
President Donald Trump said he hoped helping end the war between Ukraine and Russia would help boost his chances of getting into heaven.
In an Aug. 19 appearance on Fox News' "Fox & Friends," Trump was talking about his phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin after the meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders at the White House the prior day.
"I wanna end it. You know, we're not losing American lives ... we're losing Russian and Ukrainian mostly soldiers," Trump said. "I wanna try and get to heaven if possible. I'm hearing I'm not doing well. I am really at the bottom of the totem pole. But if I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons."
He then went on to talk about saving lives with "six, actually seven," peace deals (USA TODAY counts five).
Trump has said he was "saved by God to make America great again" in the July 2024 assassination attempt when a bullet grazed his ear. So what religion is he?
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What religion is Donald Trump?
Trump once identified as a Presbyterian, but in 2020 he told Religion News Service he began considering himself a non-denominational Christian.
First lady Melania Trump, however, made news in 2017 when she met the late Pope Francis and revealed she was Catholic when asking the pontiff to bless her rosary beads.
Trump heaven quote: 'I'm hearing I'm not doing well.'
Trump said the following about heaven in an Aug. 19 appearance on "Fox & Friends" discussing efforts to achieve peace between Ukraine and Russia:
"I want to try and get to heaven, if possible. I'm hearing I'm not doing well. I am really at the bottom of the totem pole. But if I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons."
At the White House press briefing later that day, press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked whether Trump was joking in his comments or if there was a spiritual motivation behind his peace efforts.
"I think the president was serious," Leavitt said. "I think the president wants to get to heaven as I hope we all do in this room as well."
What happened at the Zelenskyy meeting?
Zelenskyy's August trip to the White House had far fewer fireworks than the February visit, when he was berated by Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
In addition to Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer also attended the summit on Aug. 18.
Zelenskyy, wearing a black suit instead of the military garb that drew comments in February, met with Trump in the Oval Office ahead of the wider group of foreign leaders. He also thanked Trump, something Vance had criticized Zelenskyy of not doing during the previous Oval Office spat.
Trump then met with the European leaders in the White House East Room, saying they would know "in a week or two weeks" if a deal to stop the fighting is possible.
After the day of meetings with the European leaders, Trump called Putin to urge him to meet with Zelenskyy. Trump deemed it a step in the right direction.
"Everyone is very happy about the possibility of PEACE for Russia/Ukraine. At the conclusion of the meetings, I called President Putin, and began the arrangements for a meeting, at a location to be determined, between President Putin and President Zelenskyy," he wrote on Truth Social. "After that meeting takes place, we will have a Trilat, which would be the two Presidents, plus myself. Again, this was a very good, early step for a War that has been going on for almost four years."
Although the meeting showed strong European unity, it was unclear whether major progress toward peace was made. Trump said the United States would help guarantee Ukraine's security in a deal but did not clarify the extent of the commitment. He also appeared to dismiss the need for a ceasefire ahead of peace negotiations.
Contributing: Joey Garrison, Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, Bart Jansen, Zac Anderson, Francesca Chambers, Josh Meyer, Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY
Kinsey Crowley is the Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at [email protected]. Follow her on X and TikTok @kinseycrowley or Bluesky at @kinseycrowley.bsky.social.
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