Trump doubts his salvation, but there is a way to find assurance

The U.S. President gave a sad answer on whether or not he’ll make it into heaven over the weekend before boarding Air Force One for Israel.

He was asked a question regarding a previous statement he made weeks ago. In an interview with Fox and Friends in August, Trump said that he believed helping stop the Ukraine/Russian war would help get him into heaven.

“If I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed, I think that’s pretty- I want to try to 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 told the news program.

Praying for President Trump So, what does Donald Trump think of heaven? The topic came up on Tuesday's edition of Today's Issues, and the entire cast, including host Ed Vitagliano, thought it was sad to hear the president’s misunderstanding of how to be saved. “All of us said, that was sad, and I hope that President Trump understands a little better than that about how people get into heaven. And it was just, it was heartbreaking.” Vitagliano said the Bible clearly teaches that you are saved by repenting of your sins and trusting by faith in Christ's work on the cross. He want's President Trump to take that step of faith. He encouraged AFR listeners to pray for the president. “I want him to go to heaven. I want Joe Biden to go to heaven. I want Kamala Harris to go to heaven. I'm not wanting people not to go, but I want him to have the assurance and the peace that comes from knowing that Jesus Christ died for him.” -- AFN

Shortly before leaving for Israel, he was asked if he believed his work to secure a peace deal in Israel will help that cause.

The response was posted on X.

“I'm being a little cute. I don't think there's anything going to get me in heaven. 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.”

Alex McFarland is a Christian apologist, author, and radio host with American Family Radio (AFR). He spoke with Jenna Ellis on Jenna Ellis in the Morning on AFR.

McFarland believes that there are only four options to explain Trump’s response:

1. He is genuinely unsaved.
2. He is trolling the Left who believe he won’t go to heaven.
3. He is a baby Christian who doesn’t know assurance.
4. He is actually calling for help.

It has been reported that Trump identified in the past as a Presbyterian, but more recently, he said he considerers himself non-denominational. Meanwhile, his wife and First Lady, Melania Trump, has shown herself to be Catholic.

McFarland said that he has two close personal friends, Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Dallas and the late James Dobson from Focus on the Family, and both have said they shared the gospel and prayed the sinner’s prayer with Trump.

“Robert Jeffress said to me in February of 2016, ‘Alex, I've been in the ministry 50 years. I think I know when somebody's sincere. I shared The Romans Road, four scriptures, and we bowed, and we prayed.’ He said, ‘I'm telling you he was sincere,’” reports McFarland.

He says that he does not know, but he would love to help the president understand if he has Jesus in his life.

McFarland says that he has prayed with a quarter million people to make sure they are saved as he calls out to Trump to do the same.