--- title: Donald Trump Says 'God Is the Ultimate' description: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said in a new interview that “there’s nothing like God.” canonical: https://time.com/4046620/donald-trump-god-ultimate/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-23T16:29:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:11:47.257Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here's What Donald Trump Thinks About God og:description: "God is the ultimate" og:url: https://time.com/4046620/donald-trump-god-ultimate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's What Donald Trump Thinks About God twitter:description: "God is the ultimate" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's What Donald Trump Thinks About God ## Video: Trump- -I'm not a Puppet [Watch (HLS stream): Trump- -I'm not a Puppet](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/UV3g3CYA.m3u8) (0:23)  _Published 2015-08-19. Trump- -I'm not a Puppet_  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Sep 23, 2015 4:29 PM CUT  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Sep 23, 2015 4:29 PM CUT Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump [said in a new interview](http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2015/09/23/brody-file-video-exclusive-donald-trump-exclaims-god-is-the.aspx "undefined") that “there’s nothing like God.” Trump, who has been divorced and remarried multiple times, has seen his religious bona fides questioned by some evangelicals, who represent a key constituency in the GOP primary race. Asked by the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody “who is God to you?” Trump answered: “Well I say God is the ultimate. You know you look at this? Here we are on the Pacific Ocean. How did I ever own this? I bought it fifteen years ago. I made one of the great deals they say ever. I have no more mortgage on it as I will certify and represent to you. And I was able to buy this and make a great deal. That’s what I want to do for the country. Make great deals. We have to, we have to bring it back, but God is the ultimate. I mean God created this and here’s the Pacific Ocean right behind us. So nobody, no thing, no there’s nothing like God.” \[[_CBN_](http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2015/09/23/brody-file-video-exclusive-donald-trump-exclaims-god-is-the.aspx "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4046620/donald-trump-god-ultimate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4046620/donald-trump-god-ultimate/"},"headline":"Here's What Donald Trump Thinks About God","datePublished":"2015-09-23T16:29:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:11:47.257Z","description":"\"God is the ultimate\"","url":"https://time.com/4046620/donald-trump-god-ultimate/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","2016","GOP","Election","campaign","evangelical","Donald Trump","2016 Campaign"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4046620/donald-trump-god-ultimate/","name":"Here's What Donald Trump Thinks About God"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Trump- -I'm not a Puppet","description":"Trump- -I'm not a Puppet","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/UV3g3CYA/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-08-19T21:49:38.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/UV3g3CYA.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4046620/donald-trump-god-ultimate/","duration":"PT23S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4046620/donald-trump-god-ultimate/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```