President Trump Admits He Cannot Forgive Some of His Enemies: 'I Always Will' Hate Them

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President Donald Trump says he is unable to forgive some of his enemies and adversaries and instead harbors hatred toward them.

In many places throughout the Bible, Christians are instructed on how they are supposed to deal with people they consider to be enemies. While the world often promotes hatred and vengeance as common ways to respond to adversaries, God’s word takes a very different approach.

As Christians, we are to forgive our enemies and those who inflict pain and hurt on us. Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, took it a step further. In Matthew 5:44, Jesus calls on us to “love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”

In an interview with “60 Minutes,” President Trump made it clear that he struggles to apply this approach to his enemies.

 The clip of Trump’s answer on the subject of forgiveness and hate for one’s enemies began circulating on social media Sunday evening.

Trump’s remarks came in response to a question from the long-running news program’s Ross Douthat about the afterlife and forgiveness.

“Let’s say you pass away; you’re entering the next life,” Douthat said. “And all you have to do to enter paradise is feel love for James Comey, Nancy Pelosi – anyone who you have expressed hate for over the years. Do you think you can do it?”

Trump, at first, responded that he could simply give “the easy answer” and say, “Oh, yes, I could forgive.”  Douthat countered that he didn’t think it was an “easy question at all.”

However, Trump went on to add that, in his eyes, his enemies are so dishonest and such “bad people” who are “bad for our country” that forgiveness for them is out of the question.

“The answer is no,” Trump said. “I want to be honest.”

Douthat asked the question again, adding, “Before the Judgment Throne of God?”

He asked one more time, with Trump refusing to change his answer to the question about forgiveness and hate for one’s enemies.

“Mr. President, you have had the most charmed and remarkable life of any American in my entire lifetime, and you are telling me you couldn’t find it in your heart to forgive some of your enemies?” Douthat asked. “After all that’s been given to you?”

“I mean, it’s such an easy answer; all I have to do is say, ‘Yes, I can.’”

Trump went on and added, “Can I be honest? I probably cannot do that, no. Because I do hate some of my enemies, and I always will.”

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