In a Strange Moment, Trump Admits He Is Not Doing Well But Still Wants To Get To Heaven
Sometimes, I wonder how we as a nation got here, where we daily hear some ridiculous and absurd things, or read the most bizarre and, frankly, horrifying headlines from Washington. Specifically, from the Oval Office, specifically because Donald Trump is our elected leader.
It's always something, isn't it? There have been headlines because he mistook the names of countries, which he has done twice now. First when he was attending a conference of African leaders and praised the healthcare system of a non-existent country. More recently - just days ago, in fact - he mistakenly claimed that Azerbaijan and Albania were at war. Those were only two of the rather major gaffes which Trump had, and which would have surely sparked endless outrage and cries of dementia and/or incompetency had they happened when Biden was president. But when it is Trump, it's radio silence regarding such incidents, quite literally as far as rightwing media echo chambers, which itself feels worthy of screaming headlines regarding their blatant hypocrisy.
Or what about when he dismisses dozens of countries in Africa and Central America as "shithole nations" like he did during his first term? Or when he had such a difficult time condemning outright neo-Nazis and blatant white supremacists?
How about that whole January 6th fiasco, which still feels to me like nothing less than an attempted coup? Or how about while he was not president - but still consistently dominated headlines - when he posted on his Truth Social that parts of the Constitution might need to be suspended?
Even when it's not too serious, when it comes to made up words (covfefe) or seemingly strange and numerous nonsensical ramblings, or when he took a sharpie and drew on a map of the projected path of a destructive hurricane so that it included Alabama, because he had claimed it would hit Alabama earlier?
Just some weird, often inexplicable headlines. Like no other president before. Frankly, I don't mean that as any kind of a compliment, either.
Recently, there were still more bizarre, inexplicable headlines. This time, they were not outrageous or maddening, like the headlines which seem to suggest that we are beginning our national descent into fascism. No, this time, it seems, at least on the surface, relatively benign, at least by Trump standards. Yet, that doesn't mean that it isn't weird. Something which you cannot imagine happening during any other presidency.
Specifically, he spoke about his worries about whether or not he will get into heaven, and how this apparently is his main motivation for ending the war in Ukraine, taken from a recent article by Kinsey Crowley of USA Today:
"I wanna end it. You know, we're not losing American lives ... we're losing Russian and Ukrainian mostly soldiers," Trump said.
The rest of what Trump said was where I felt it got particularly revealing:
"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 hears that he is not doing well. Really at the bottom of the totem pole. Yet, he is hanging onto the possibility that he can still get to heaven.
Now, I will admit that I personally am far from religious. So I have very serious doubts about the literal existence of a heaven and/or hell which we are sent to in the afterlife. But it does seem like this is weighing on Trump's mind. And that tells me two things. Firstly, he may be feeling his mortality, which might seem to confirm some of the recent concerns regarding his mental and physical well-being. Also, this is the first time, truly, that I have seen Trump revealing anything in the way of a conscience - and possibly even regret? - for all that he has said and done.
Just speculation.
Below is a link to the article which I obtained the above quote from, and below that is video which includes Trump saying these things, specifically:
Trump wants to go to heaven for ending the war in Ukraine. What religion is he? by Kinsey Crowley USA TODAY, August 21, 2025:
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