Donald Trump told 60 Minutes’ Ross Douthat that he may not be able to forgive his political enemies, even if it were necessary to enter heaven.
The exchange, recorded on the show’s current season, focused on death, mortality, and religion after Trump’s survival of several assassination attempts.
Trump identified himself as a religious man who hopes to reach heaven, but Douthat turned to the president’s remarks at Charlie Kirk’s memorial, where he said he hates opponents and does not wish them well.
When asked whether he could forgive former FBI director James Comey and former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, Trump replied “The answer is no,” citing dishonesty and harm he attributed to those figures.
He emphasized that saying he could forgive them would be an easy answer, insisting he wanted to be honest and that he hates some enemies, calling them dishonest, bad people, and harmful to the country.
The clip ends abruptly after Trump begins to say he cannot forgive some enemies, leaving viewers with a stark portrait of the tension between his political resentment and Christian teachings.