President Donald Trump sent out an email blast to his supporters, begging them for donations for a cause which to many seems implausible.
‘I want to try and get to Heaven,’ the Commander-in-Chief wrote. ‘Last year I came millimetres from death when that bullet pierced through my skin. My triumphant return to the White House was never supposed to happen!
‘But I believe that God saved me for one reason: TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!’
Trump rambled in the email, telling his supporters they had been with him through ‘everything’ – his impeachments, a ‘rigged’ election, ‘sham’ legal cases and his assassination attempts.
‘This is our moment to show the world that we will NEVER back down, NEVER give an inch, and NEVER SURRENDER in our fight to save this country,’ he added.
‘That’s why I’ve launched a 24-HOUR TRUMP FUNDRAISING BLITZ, and I’m asking everyone to chip in $15 to make it one for the record books!’
The email blast was sent by ‘Never Surrender, Inc.’, and has been verified by multiple sources.
According to the Federal Election Commission, which enforces federal campaign finance laws, in this year alone, the corporation has raised $1,865,656.03.
Raising money doesn’t guarantee passage to heaven, which is something Trump seems to be thinking a lot about recently.
Last month, Trump told Fox and Friends: ‘I want to try to get to heaven if possible. I’m hearing I’m not doing well. I’m really at the bottom of the totem pole.’
He went on to speak about how if he brokered peace between Russia and Ukraine, it would be ‘one of the reasons’ why he gets to the pearly gates.
His remarks last month prompted some Christians to offer advice to the President about how to actually get to heaven.
In a column published in Christianity Today, Russell Moore wrote: ‘Jesus said that it is very difficult for those who are wealthy or powerful to enter his kingdom (Mark 10:25). He said that to follow him means we lose our lives in order to find them again in his life.
‘To actually enter heaven, you have to give up that mindset of earning your way there. You have to recognise your own need for something you can’t win or achieve or earn,’ he added.
‘To see the way to heaven, stop thinking of yourself as a president or a billionaire, if only for a moment. You can’t get to heaven with the art of the deal.’
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