'Want To Try And Get To Heaven': Trump Quips On Ongoing Ukraine-Russia Peace Efforts

Last Updated:August 20, 2025, 07:23 IST

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he believes his efforts to mediate peace between Russia and Ukraine could improve his chances of getting into heaven

US President Donald Trump. (AP/File)

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he believes his efforts to mediate peace between Russia and Ukraine could improve his chances of getting into heaven, noting his current chances are “pretty low."

“I want to try and get to heaven, if possible," Trump said during an appearance on Fox & Friends, just a day after welcoming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several European leaders to the White House.

“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," Trump said.

Trump positioned the conflict in humanitarian terms, pointing to the heavy loss of life. “If I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed, I think that’s a pretty," he said.

“We’re not losing American lives. We’re not losing American soldiers. But you know, we’re losing Russian and Ukrainian, mostly soldiers, some people, as missiles hit wrong spots or get lobbed into cities like Kiev and towns."

He went on to draw a parallel with his past diplomacy in South Asia, claiming yet again about his role in stopping the India-Pakistan conflict, following Operation Sindoor.

“I think I saved a lot of lives in India and Pakistan. They were going at it. The planes were being shot down. That was going to be maybe a nuclear war if I let that go, and I did that through trade," he said.

New Delhi, however, has dismissed Trump’s assertion of brokering a ceasefire with Pakistan, insisting that it was Islamabad that sought to halt the conflict after witnessing the severe damage within its own borders.

Since surviving an assassination attempt last year, Trump has increasingly woven religious themes into his public statements. At his January inauguration for a second term, he declared that he had been “saved by God to make America great again."

With strong backing from conservative Christian groups, Trump has embraced faith symbolism more openly than during his first term.

He appointed televangelist Paula White as his official spiritual adviser, and she has led multiple prayer sessions at the White House where participants placed their hands on the president.

Though he often brushes aside concerns about his age, Trump has also shown moments of reflection, particularly after a health scare last summer.

Marking his 78th birthday, he remarked: “You know, there’s a certain point at which you don’t want to hear ‘Happy Birthday.’ You just want to pretend the day doesn’t exist."

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday backed the president’s latest comments, saying she believed they reflected genuine conviction.

“I think the president wants to get to heaven, as I hope we all do in this room," said Leavitt, 27, who is known to lead prayer sessions before her own briefings.

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