Trump Says "I Can Probably Go to Heaven... I've Done So Much Good"

Corrects past remarks at National Prayer Breakfast
Also claims end of Ukraine war is imminent

On February 5 (local time), U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that he would be able to go to heaven. He then explained that his past remark that he "probably would not be going to heaven" had been said "just for fun."

That day, in a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., President Trump said, "I am not a perfect person, but I have done an enormous amount of good for perfect people," and went on to add, "I will probably be able to go to heaven."

Former President Trump claimed in a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., "I am not a perfect person, but I have done an enormous amount of good for perfect people." AP and Yonhap

Trump has repeatedly made remarks about heaven. In August 2025, he said, "I want to save people by ending the war in Ukraine. I want to work hard so that I can go to heaven," and in October of the same year he also said, "I don't think I will be going to heaven." He has also previously remarked, "If I were Biden, the media would have sent me to heaven by now, saying I should be given the Nobel Peace Prize."

Amid these comments, President Trump stated in his speech that day that the end of the war in Ukraine was imminent, claiming, "We are working very hard to end the entire war, and we have come very close to ending it." His remarks drew attention because they came right after three-way talks among the United States, Russia, and Ukraine held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on the same day. This meeting was the second round of negotiations following those in January, and was attended by Steve Witkoff, U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle East, and former presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner on the U.S. side, Rustem Umerov, Chairman of the National Security and Defense Council, on the Ukrainian side, and Igor Kostyukov, Director of Military Intelligence, on the Russian side.

Although no agreement to end the war was reached at this meeting, the parties did agree to exchange 314 prisoners of war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described this as a "meaningful result," and additional talks are planned. However, major differences remain over the territorial issues that are at the core of the negotiations. Russia is demanding that Ukraine withdraw from the Donbas region and that the international community recognize the territories it has annexed, while Ukraine maintains the position that combat should be frozen along the current front lines and that it cannot accept any unilateral territorial concessions.