Donald Trump has weighed in on some of the more pressing matters of theological ethics that’ve otherwise confounded history’s greatest thinkers for thousands of years.
“You know, there’s no reason to be good. I wanna be good because you wanna prove to God you’re good so you go to that next step, right?” the president told reporters, presumably in reference to the eternal rewards of heaven, rather than the alternative. “That’s very important to me. I think it’s really, very important.”
Trump’s second stint in the White House has sparked mounting concerns over his administration’s willingness to uphold the United States’ time-tested adherence to the separation of church and state.
His comments came in response to a reporter’s questions about a new “America Prays” initiative by the White