President Trump shared a letter on Palm Sunday from evangelist Franklin Graham, who urged him to consider his salvation.
The letter, dated October 15, 2025, pertained to Trump’s comments surrounding heaven. Trump told reporters on October 13, “I don’t think there’s anything that’s gonna get me in heaven. I really don’t. I think I’m not, maybe, heaven-bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly in Air Force One. I’m not sure I’m gonna be able to make heaven. But I’ve made life better for a lot of people.”
Graham celebrated President Trump’s cease-fire deal reached with Israel and Hamas, calling his leadership “historic” and an “answer to much prayer.”
The letter then pivoted to the issue of salvation. “This week you commented to the media that you might not be heaven bound. Maybe you responded in jest, but it is an important issue to know for certain that your soul is secure and will spend eternity in the presence of God,” the evangelist wrote. “The only One who can save us from Hell is Jesus Christ. You can’t save yourself; I can’t save myself. Good works, prominence, success—none of these get us to Heaven. The only way to Heaven is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ.”
“The only way to Heaven is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ,” he added. “Jesus came to earth, died on the cross for our sins, was buried, and God raised Him to life on the third day. If you accept that by faith and invite Him to come into your heart, you ARE heaven bound, I promise you.”
Last year, President Trump issued an Easter Sunday message highlighting the death and resurrection of Christ. “Nearly 2,000 years ago, during this sacred week, the living Son of God entered Jerusalem in triumph. Soon after, the Savior of man who brought truth and light into the world was betrayed, arrested, tried, and crucified, nailed to the cross,” Trump told attendees during a prayer dinner. “For our sake, He gave up His life…three days later Christ-followers found the empty tomb. Jesus had defeated darkness and death and promised new life to all of humankind and that’s what we celebrate on Easter when we joyfully proclaim on Sunday: ‘He is Risen!’”
