Trump says he'd refused to forgive James Comey and Nancy Pelosi at gates of heaven even if it meant being turned away by St Peter

Updated: 07:50 EST, 9 November 2026 President Donald Trump has said that he would refuse to forgive James Comey and Nancy Pelosi at the gates of heaven even if it meant he would be turned away by St Peter.Trump, who describes himself as a 'religious person,' was asked about his ability to forgive his political enemies during a sit down with 60 Minutes host Ross Douthat.'You're entering the next life and all you have to do to enter paradise is feel love and forgiveness for James Comey, Nancy Pelosi, anyone who you have expressed hate for over the years. Do you think you can do it?' the journalist asked, referring to the former FBI boss and House Speaker.The president said the 'easy answer' to the hypothetical question would be to say he would forgive them, but then admitted he doesn't think he could. 'I don't think it's an easy question,' Trump said. 'I found them to be extremely dishonest people. Very bad people. Very bad for our country. I love our country far more than I can love people and people like that.'Douthat doubled down again, asking: 'Is the answer no?''The answer is no. I want to be honest,' Trump replied, prompting the journalist to ask: 'Before the judgment throne of God?''Before the judgment,' Trump confirmed, adding: 'I think they were very bad people and I dislike, I can use the word hate, I do hate some of my enemies. I think they're they've been terrible. Look what they put me through, the weaponization-' President Donald Trump has said that he would refuse to forgive James Comey and Nancy Pelosi at the gates of heaven even if it meant he would be turned away by St PeterTrump, who describes himself as a 'religious person,' said that he thinks Comey, left, and Pelosi, right, are 'very bad people' and that he does not think he could forgive them because 'I do hate some of my enemies'But Douthat interrupted him, pointing out that the president has had a the 'most charmed and remarkable life of any American in my entire lifetime.''You are telling me that before the judgment throne of God, you couldn't find it in your heart to forgive some of your enemies?' he asked. 'After all that's been given to you? Come on, help me out here.'The president admitted the 'easy answer' to get out of answering the question would be to say 'yes, I can,' but claimed that would be untruthful.'Can I be honest? I probably cannot do that, no, because I do hate some of my enemies and I always will,' he said, his face stern.Trump hates Comey because of the former FBI chief's probe into the president's alleged ties to Russia during his first term in office. Comey was unable to turn up anything linking Trump to Putin.The president loathes Nancy Pelosi after she spearheaded two impeachments against him during his first term in office, in 2019 and 2021. Douthat, redirecting the line of questioning, then asked Trump what he wanted his presidency to be remembered in one short phrase.'A hundred years from now, while you're working out your situation in purgatory, what is the line that your presidency is remembered with?' he asked. Earlier in the interview, 60 Minutes host Ross Douthat, pictured, asked Trump if he thought he would go to heaven and the president replied, 'I hope so. I don't want to go to hell'Trump simply replied: 'That I made America great again.' Earlier in the interview, Douthat asked Trump if he thought he would go to heaven and the president replied: 'I hope so. I don't want to go to hell.' Trump added: 'I'm a religious person so, in theory, I go to heaven.'