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tblue37

(68,344 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:41 PM Oct 2025

Trump: "I want to be good because you want to prove to God so you go to that next step, right? So that's very important

to me.

Trump: "I want to be good because you want to prove to God so you go to that next step, right? So that's very important to me."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-10-06T20:59:28.899Z
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Trump: "I want to be good because you want to prove to God so you go to that next step, right? So that's very important (Original Post) tblue37 Oct 2025 OP
Just do it dweller Oct 2025 #1
Is he effing with us? ecstatic Oct 2025 #2
He want's to go where Epstein is and god ain't there. spanone Oct 2025 #3
prayer might be perfect for trump rampartd Oct 2025 #16
He can swear there ain't no heaven... regnaD kciN Oct 2025 #34
"He'll never know by livin'... 3catwoman3 Oct 2025 #76
Go to hell, asshole dalton99a Oct 2025 #4
If Hell exists, he will. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #6
Does he even believe in God? It seems like he thinks he *is* God. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #5
I'm from a Catholic family and definitely iemanja Oct 2025 #17
Good luck with that, Donald. tblue37 Oct 2025 #7
Jesus is laughing so hard he is about to pee his pants! sheshe2 Oct 2025 #19
That was my immediate reaction, too. tblue37 Oct 2025 #27
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 sheshe2 Oct 2025 #29
I just saw this image. Nearly spit out my coffee. niyad Oct 2025 #44
lol...same here when I saw it! 🤣 sheshe2 Oct 2025 #46
"It would be easier for Trump to pass through the eye of a needle, than for him to enter the kingdom of heaven." sop Oct 2025 #52
😲! mwmisses4289 Oct 2025 #71
Tell me without telling me that you know absolutely nothing about the tenets of Christianity. tanyev Oct 2025 #8
lolololol Solly Mack Oct 2025 #9
For a man who has embraced leftieNanner Oct 2025 #10
Somebody must be feel his mortality and the flames licking at his heels dflprincess Oct 2025 #11
Translation: I had to stop it with the hookers and what not. Maru Kitteh Oct 2025 #12
Feigning theism is part of his ruse. He even sucks at atheism! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Oct 2025 #13
That's not how it works. Xolodno Oct 2025 #14
That's how I feel BlueKota Oct 2025 #77
Better hurry donald! Hurry! Go QUICK! You don't want to miss the good seats Maru Kitteh Oct 2025 #15
I don't care if it rains or freezes IcyPeas Oct 2025 #18
Thanks for the earworm. niyad Oct 2025 #45
Sorry Donnie. boonecreek Oct 2025 #20
Taking notice of one's own mortality. It happens. Now what. sprinkleeninow Oct 2025 #21
hiding that hand krawhitham Oct 2025 #22
American Tune struggle4progress Oct 2025 #23
Don't wait one more day to find out. usonian Oct 2025 #24
Krasnov wanting "to be good for God to take the next step". GoodRaisin Oct 2025 #25
Well sir you make this life feel like hell for us every day so I'm not too concerned with your eternity. Hope22 Oct 2025 #26
When he is dead he will be in a better place. Rotting Klarkashton Oct 2025 #28
What the heck does that even mean, donald? calimary Oct 2025 #30
He's the walking, talking embodiment of the seven deadly sins Emrys Oct 2025 #31
Newsflash Don Old, you'll end up next to Noem's puppy Hassler Oct 2025 #32
That pup is in heaven. mwmisses4289 Oct 2025 #72
An interesting story that Jesus told RainCaster Oct 2025 #33
Who is going to tell him? Baitball Blogger Oct 2025 #35
I will: Hey orange f-wad you are going straight to hell for eternity. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #40
You're so elegant and succinct. Baitball Blogger Oct 2025 #43
The three year old's view of theology. First of all, livetohike Oct 2025 #36
Kind of directly opposes the "prosperity gospels" Orrex Oct 2025 #37
But Donald, God sees through all your lies. eShirl Oct 2025 #38
Sounds like a bad man who has been told he is dying. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #39
Sacrilege. (nt) Paladin Oct 2025 #41
I can't be consoled by the promise that TSF will be consigned to the Fires of Hell b/c no_hypocrisy Oct 2025 #42
Once again covering right hand. Kingofalldems Oct 2025 #47
Someone went to Sunday School Lettuce Be Oct 2025 #48
Well, Sire, you have a long way to go before you get within striking distance of "good." Vinca Oct 2025 #49
I don't know why folks are getting into a lather over this. Disaffected Oct 2025 #50
Hard to believe that some people admire the POS. All my neighbors do (Texas). walkingman Oct 2025 #51
Let's find out RIGHT NOW Blue Owl Oct 2025 #53
"Trump says there's no reason to be good - other than to get into heaven" J_William_Ryan Oct 2025 #54
Religion says that. Donald heard the message. Nt Maru Kitteh Oct 2025 #64
Surely he will get close by pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell! kysrsoze Oct 2025 #55
That's why he dropped his appeals of the E. Jean Carroll rulings BeyondGeography Oct 2025 #56
Looking towards death, it's still all about HIM C_U_L8R Oct 2025 #57
If there were a Xian afterlife, Dump is plainly the sort who would burn in hell. RockRaven Oct 2025 #58
Ha Ha! He thinks he'll be able to con God.... Sogo Oct 2025 #59
If there is a hell, Trump is destined for it. W_HAMILTON Oct 2025 #60
Hed be much further on track if he just fired stephen miller and Sebastian gorka SSJVegeta Oct 2025 #61
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine Ping Tung Oct 2025 #62
Hurry and die and tweet to us how that next step works so we can all do it. Autumn Oct 2025 #63
"I want to be good...." Rob H. Oct 2025 #65
He can lie to us, to his base, to the whole world, but lying to God is a whole new level of hubris. patphil Oct 2025 #66
God hates liars -misanthroptimist Oct 2025 #67
Probably followed with: Justice matters. Oct 2025 #68
He wouldn't know how to "do good" choie Oct 2025 #69
Dump is bad, he will go to hell, because all he has ever done is create hell on earth for everyone else Clouds Passing Oct 2025 #70
Good? You wouldn't know good if it bit you in the ass, psycho. Dave Bowman Oct 2025 #73
. Chemical Bill Oct 2025 #74
Go to the next step? canetoad Oct 2025 #75
His escalator only goes down.... The Madcap Oct 2025 #78

spanone

(141,223 posts)
3. He want's to go where Epstein is and god ain't there.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:46 PM
Oct 2025

trmp prays there ain't a god if he prays at all.

which i doubt.

iemanja

(57,629 posts)
17. I'm from a Catholic family and definitely
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:06 PM
Oct 2025

believe in hell, as a concept more than an actual place. If anyone is going, it’s Trump.

sheshe2

(96,621 posts)
19. Jesus is laughing so hard he is about to pee his pants!
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:17 PM
Oct 2025

Oh, and did you catch the small print in donnies crotch, it says @Mrs Putin.

sop

(17,940 posts)
52. "It would be easier for Trump to pass through the eye of a needle, than for him to enter the kingdom of heaven."
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 10:34 AM
Oct 2025

- Bluesky comment

leftieNanner

(16,136 posts)
10. For a man who has embraced
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:51 PM
Oct 2025

All seven of the deadly sins with gusto, and broken the Ten Commandments multiple times, I don't think he has a chance.

dflprincess

(29,251 posts)
11. Somebody must be feel his mortality and the flames licking at his heels
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:51 PM
Oct 2025

but he still doesn't get that being "good" doesn't mean taking healthcare away from people or destroying food and medicine meatn for starving people in other countries.


Xolodno

(7,319 posts)
14. That's not how it works.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:59 PM
Oct 2025

You have to admit you are a sinner, humble yourself and start turning your life around.

I can't see him doing any of that.

BlueKota

(5,140 posts)
77. That's how I feel
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 10:07 PM
Oct 2025

I can't see him saying he's sorry to anyone not even God, or asking for forgiveness. He thinks he's perfect.

Maru Kitteh

(31,395 posts)
15. Better hurry donald! Hurry! Go QUICK! You don't want to miss the good seats
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:00 PM
Oct 2025

on the heaven plane. You don’t want to ride in the back, right? You gotta get there first, donald,


Go on now.


IcyPeas

(25,158 posts)
18. I don't care if it rains or freezes
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:13 PM
Oct 2025



I don't care if it rains or freezes
Long as I've got my plastic Jesus
Sitting on the dashboard of my car
Comes in colors pink and pleasant
Glows in the dark cause it's iridescent
Take it with you ... when you travel far.

sprinkleeninow

(22,191 posts)
21. Taking notice of one's own mortality. It happens. Now what.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:45 PM
Oct 2025
My Bible says liars will not have access to the Heavenly Realm, the Paradise of which we were robbed by the Evil One's lure and blatant lie in the beginning, unless truly repentant and then doing an unmistakable (evidenced) and true 180° turnaround towards practicing virtue.

Hope22

(4,550 posts)
26. Well sir you make this life feel like hell for us every day so I'm not too concerned with your eternity.
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 12:20 AM
Oct 2025

You are about 70 years too late to worry about that! That ship sailed.

Emrys

(8,978 posts)
31. He's the walking, talking embodiment of the seven deadly sins
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 12:50 AM
Oct 2025

Just a recap, in case he's browsing:

pride ✓

greed ✓

wrath ✓

envy ✓

lust ✓

gluttony ✓

sloth ✓

Bingo!

Round 2 would include bearing false witness, blasphemy and an endless litany of other stuff.

He's crammed a lot into his 79 years.

mwmisses4289

(3,580 posts)
72. That pup is in heaven.
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 01:36 PM
Oct 2025

The only reason t would end up next the pup is because an angel is walking it outside hells gates so it can bite t's ass that's hanging outside the gates.

RainCaster

(13,454 posts)
33. An interesting story that Jesus told
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 01:12 AM
Oct 2025

Luke 12:13-21 (NIV)
The Parable of the Rich Fool
Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’
“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
“This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

livetohike

(24,093 posts)
36. The three year old's view of theology. First of all,
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 04:48 AM
Oct 2025

he has no clue of what being good means. Secondly, if God is keeping a scorecard he lost long ago. Idiot.

Orrex

(66,813 posts)
37. Kind of directly opposes the "prosperity gospels"
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 05:02 AM
Oct 2025

But of course, reichwing fundamentalists need only the weakest excuse to justify their continued worship of Trump, so this asinine comment will have its intended effect.

Irish_Dem

(80,420 posts)
39. Sounds like a bad man who has been told he is dying.
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 05:38 AM
Oct 2025

And doesn't have much longer to live.

Good men don't talk like this.
They have been doing the right thing most of their lives.
They don't need to convince God at the last minute.

no_hypocrisy

(54,572 posts)
42. I can't be consoled by the promise that TSF will be consigned to the Fires of Hell b/c
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 06:16 AM
Oct 2025

as there is no God and no Heaven, then equally, there is no Satan and Hell.

He'll just die and escape accountability.

Vinca

(53,567 posts)
49. Well, Sire, you have a long way to go before you get within striking distance of "good."
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 10:12 AM
Oct 2025

Time for some official Trump oven mitts to take him through the gates of hell.

Disaffected

(6,260 posts)
50. I don't know why folks are getting into a lather over this.
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 10:25 AM
Oct 2025

All he is doing IMO is gaslighting the Dems to get a reaction & distraction.

J_William_Ryan

(3,411 posts)
54. "Trump says there's no reason to be good - other than to get into heaven"
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 10:43 AM
Oct 2025

Trump will only do good if there’s a reward.

Otherwise there’s no point in dong good, such as doing good for the benefit of others, absent a reward.

RockRaven

(18,947 posts)
58. If there were a Xian afterlife, Dump is plainly the sort who would burn in hell.
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 11:16 AM
Oct 2025

He lacks the self-awareness and humility to repent properly, and he is laughably sinful and always has been.

From Exodus:

13 “You shall not murder.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
15 “You shall not steal.
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female slave, ox, donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.


From Matthew:
16 Then someone came to him and said, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” 17 And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is one who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” 18 He said to him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness. 19 Honor your father and mother. Also, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 20 The young man said to him, “I have kept all these;[c] what do I still lack?” 21 Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money[d] to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”


Paul's letter to the Romans:
8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; you shall not murder; you shall not steal; you shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”


No matter how you slice it, Dump's entire life is directly contrariwise to Xian teaching/instruction, including those taken directly from God's mouth. And he won't or cannot acknowledge it is so, so he is cosmically fucked (or would be if it were true).

patphil

(8,841 posts)
66. He can lie to us, to his base, to the whole world, but lying to God is a whole new level of hubris.
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 12:01 PM
Oct 2025

I guess he thinks God is just as stupid as we are.
If he's worried about getting into a higher level of heaven, he should actually do something worthy of it.
A lifetime of self serving at the expense of others ain't gonna cut it.

choie

(6,801 posts)
69. He wouldn't know how to "do good"
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 12:22 PM
Oct 2025

Even if Jesus came down to school him. Sociopaths are sociopaths no matter how orange.

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