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Evangelicals Sold Their Souls For Him, But Trump Suggests He's Going To Hell

Evangelical Christians threw their faith out the window to support Donald Trump, but now Trump is saying that he thinks there is nothing he can do to get into heaven.

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Oct 12, 2025
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For years, Trump acted like he was immortal. Now that he is back in the White House and pushing 80 years old, the president is talking about his own death more often.

Evangelical Christians showed their hypocrisy by supporting a presidential candidate who knew so little about the Bible that he held it upside down. There was an argument that Evangelicals didn’t care about religion at all, as long as Trump carried out their political agenda, which, to a large degree, Trump has tried to do.

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In the process of getting much of their unpopular agenda enacted, Evangelicals demolished any moral standing or credibility that they once had.

It turns out that they crashed their credibility for a guy who thinks he is going to hell, or not getting into heaven.

Aboard Air Force One on the way to the Middle East, softball question specialist Peter Doocy from Fox News asked Trump, “ You had talked a couple of weeks ago, you were doing an interview, and you talked about how you hope to end the war in Ukraine because it might help you get into heaven. How does, how does this help? Does this help?”

Trump answered:

 I mean, you know, I’m being a little cute. I don’t think there’s anything gonna get me in heaven.

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