President Trump rambled about his chances of “going to heaven” in bizarre comments about his efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Trump spoke on Fox & Friends Tuesday morning after hosting European leaders at the White House a day earlier for talks about the conflict.
Asked about reports that he called Russian President Vladimir Putin in the middle of his summit with European leaders, Trump went off on a tangent about his relationship with the Kremlin leader and America’s nuclear arsenal. Saying he “just wants to end it,” Trump then started speaking about heaven.
“If I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed, I think that’s a pretty—I want to try and get to heaven if possible,” Trump said.
However, he was candid about his chances when faced with the pearly gates. “I’m hearing I’m not doing well,” he quipped. “I hear I’m really at the bottom of the totem pole. If I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons.”
He began trying to list the other reasons, bringing up his influence on ending the brief India-Pakistan conflict in May. “Well, I think I saved a lot of lives with India-Pakistan; they were going at it,” he explained as the hosts tried in vain to control his rambling.
“Planes were being shot down, that was maybe going to be a nuclear war if I let that go.”
He said the “peace deal” came about through economic negotiations. He then mentioned stopping the conflict between Iran and Israel in June. “That was a big one,” he mused.
Trump has previously taken a turn for the theological while discussing conflicts, including by mentioning God repeatedly after announcing that the U.S. had bombed nuclear facilities in Iran.
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