--- 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: 2026-08-19T07:41:49.108Z 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 > Sponsored content. 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Trump- -I'm not a Puppet_  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Sep 23, 2015 4:29 PM UTC  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Sep 23, 2015 4:29 PM UTC 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) 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.” \[[_CBN_](http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2015/09/23/brody-file-video-exclusive-donald-trump-exclaims-god-is-the.aspx)\] ## Transcript When all of these candidates accept all of this money, they're puppets. Nobody played the game better than me. But they're all puppets, they do whatever you want. Especially if they're not finished with their careers, if they're going to run again, because they want this money coming in the next time. 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