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It’s always good to make plans for what happens after we’re gone. That’s just smart. And it’s especially true when you are a celebrity or someone who has a lot of money. So, it’s no surprise to hear that US President Donald Trump has plans and preferences for when he passes away. And one of those reportedly has to do with where he wants to be buried.

After Trump sent an email to his email list where he admitted he’s “dying to go to heaven,” sources told Rob Shuter that Trump is worried about his legacy. “He’s obsessed with how he’ll be remembered,” one insider said. “He talks about Napoleon, Lincoln, saints — and then himself, in the same breath.”

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In the email, Trump also said “”I came millimeters from death when that bullet pierced through my skin,” and added, “My triumphant return to the White House was never supposed to happen!”

But according to Trump, “God” saved him so he could “make America great again,” saying. “I certainly wasn’t supposed to survive an assassin’s bullet– but by the grace of the almighty God, I did,” he added. “SO NOW, I have no other choice but to answer the Call to Duty, but I can’t do it alone.”

The fundraising email continued, “This is our moment to show the world that we will NEVER back down, NEVER give an inch, and NEVER SURRENDER in our fight to save this country,” and later said. “That’s why I’ve launched a 24-HOUR TRUMP FUNDRAISING BLITZ, and I’m asking everyone to chip in $15 to make it one for the record books!”

According to Shuter, this isn’t just typical Trump bravado; he’s planning for what happens after he’s gone. “He wants Mar-a-Lago to be his Graceland,” a source said. “A place people visit, revere, and remember him.”

This comes after the President himself had joke he might not make it into heaven. “He jokes about not qualifying,” one insider told Shuter. “But underneath? He’s rattled. Mortality suddenly feels very real.”

Last year, Trumpp mentioned heaven during a conversation with a reporter aboard Air Force One. “I really don’t. I think I’m maybe not heaven-bound,” he said then. “I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I’m not sure I’m gonna be able to make heaven. But I’ve made life a lot better for a lot of people.”

Previously, he’d said in an interview he was “never gonna make it to heaven.”

“I don’t think I can make it. I don’t think I qualify,” he had said at the time. Later, he said about his own words that he was only “kidding” and being “sarcastic.” But the subject has been raised plenty of times by Trump himself, and if to that we add plans for his funeral, it seems clear the US President is at least a little bit concerned about his health, what comes next and how he will be remembered once he’s gone.

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