The 79-year-old US President made the unusual admission during an appearance on Fox and Friends, just a day after hosting European leaders, including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the White House. Linking his legacy to global diplomacy, Trump remarked that if he succeeds in brokering peace between Ukraine and Russia, it might help secure him a place in the afterlife.

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    13 hours ago

    People are so desperate to hear that either Trump or Putin is about to die, these stories have been popping up every few months for a decade or more.

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      At this point, they have like a 5-7% chance of dying every year based on actuary tables. So dying at any point at that age isn’t remarkable or unlikely. But there’s like a 0-8 year range where it’s likely to occur based on that.