Is Donald Trump a Christian?

Few presidents have had more confusion and murkiness surrounding their faith and worldview than Donald Trump. For this reason, we decided to create a timeline of facts and quotes related to Donald Trump and his religious views to see if we can answer the question: Is Donald Trump a Christian?

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1959:

(1) Fred and Mary Anne Trump have their son confirmed by First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens.

1990:

(2) Donald Trump did a lengthy profile with Playboy in which he claimed to be a Christian. When asked who Jesus was to him, he responded:

“Jesus to me is somebody I can think about for security and confidence. Somebody I can revere in terms of bravery and in terms of courage and, because I consider the Christian religion so important, somebody I can totally rely on in my own mind.”

He goes on to say he doesn’t believe in Heaven or Hell, but the dead “go somewhere”.

2015:

(3) At the Family Leadership Summit, Frank Luntz asks Trump about whether or not he has repented before God. To which Trump has responded:

“I’m not sure I have. I just go and try to do a better job from there. I don’t think so. I think if I do something wrong, I think I just try and make it right. I don’t bring God into that picture. I don’t.”

(4)Trump also said his favorite book is the bible. When asked to give a favorite verse, he didn’t give an answer, saying it was “very personal”

2016:

(5) Donald Trump said his favorite Bible Verse was “an eye for an eye”

2017:

(12) Shortly after his Inauguration, two Presbyterian ministers met Trump in the White House. Rev. Johnson and Rev. O’connor were both surprised to discovered the President was unaware that Presbyterians were Christians. Despite having been raised in a Presbyterian Church.

2020:

(6) In October 2020, Donald Trump stated that he was no longer Presbyterian and instead identified as a nondenominational Christian.

2024:

(7) Trump begins selling the “God Bless The USA Bible,” A Leather King James with the declaration of independence and the constitution added to the text.

(8) In July, at a rally in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump says he is not a Christian, but also claims to love Christians and that Christians need to vote for him, saying they need to “vote this one last time.”

2025:

(9) At the beginning of the year, during a Presidential Prayer Breakfast, Trump said they are bringing religion back to the United States.

“When faith gets weaker, our country seems to get weaker. When faith gets stronger… good things happen for our country. It’s amazing the way it seems to work that way. Under the Trump Administration, we’re defending our rights and restoring our identity as a nation under God. We are One Nation Under God — and we always will be.”

Donald Trump has also repeatedly expressed concern that he isn’t getting into heaven over the past couple of months.

(10) “I think I’m not, maybe, heaven-bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly in Air Force One.”

(11) “I mean, I’m being a little cute. I don’t think there’s anything going to get me in heaven, (…) I think I’m not maybe heaven-bound … I’m not sure I’m going to be able to make heaven, but I’ve made life a lot better for a lot of people.”