Biblical Prophecy • Last Days
Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?
The accusation is everywhere. Scripture gives us a precise profile of who the Antichrist will be. The comparison may surprise you.
By Kelly Smith
There is no shortage of people willing to call Donald Trump the Antichrist. The accusation comes from multiple directions. Some sincere Christians, watching his rise to power and his dominant presence on the world stage, genuinely fear they are witnessing the emergence of the prophesied Man of Sin. Others who simply despise him use the label as the ultimate insult. Still others point to specific policies, claiming they fulfill the marks of the Beast described in Revelation.
This accusation deserves serious examination rather than dismissal. If Trump truly were the Antichrist, the stakes could not be higher. So let us do what too few people are actually willing to do: open the scriptures, establish what the Antichrist will look like according to the biblical record, and compare that profile honestly to Donald Trump's actual actions and direction.
The Test Jesus Gave Us
Jesus did not leave His disciples without a method for identifying dangerous influences. He gave a simple but profound standard:
"Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." (Matthew 7:16–20)
This principle extends far beyond identifying false prophets. It applies to anyone accused of serving the adversary. The question is never simply about personality or communication style. The question is about the direction of a person's actions. What are the actual fruits? Do they lead people toward liberty or toward bondage?
The Book of Mormon prophet Moroni reinforced this with even greater clarity:
"For behold, a bitter fountain cannot bring forth good water; neither can a good fountain bring forth bitter water; wherefore, a man being a servant of the devil cannot follow Christ; and if he follow Christ he cannot be a servant of the devil." (Moroni 7:11)
A fountain is either sweet or bitter. There is no middle ground. So before we can apply this test fairly, we need to know what scripture actually says the Antichrist will do.
The Scriptural Profile of the Antichrist
The Antichrist is not a vague symbol or a collective force. He is a specific future individual described in precise terms across multiple books of scripture. Let us establish that profile from the text itself before comparing it to anyone.
Total Economic Control
Revelation describes a system where no one can participate in commerce without submitting entirely to the Beast's authority. Every transaction, every purchase, every economic activity falls under his dominion.
"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." (Revelation 13:16–17)
Blasphemy and Demands of Worship
Paul describes him as one who actively opposes God, exalts himself above all that is called God, and presents himself as divine.
"Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God." (2 Thessalonians 2:4)
Persecution of the Saints
The Beast makes war with the saints and overcomes them. This is not passive hostility or cultural friction. It is active, organized persecution of believers in Jesus Christ.
Smooth, Flattering Words
This detail often gets overlooked. Daniel describes his speech as flattery. Paul warns that in the last days people will follow those who tell them exactly what they want to hear. The Antichrist does not offend people. He seduces them, lulling them into compliance with words they enjoy hearing.
With that profile established, the comparison becomes straightforward. On every single scriptural marker, Trump's fruits point in the opposite direction from the Antichrist. The Antichrist centralizes economic control. Trump has consistently reduced government control over economic activity and returned power to individuals. The Antichrist demands worship and blasphemes God. Trump invokes God's blessing publicly, surrounds himself with religious advisors, and credits divine providence. He does not demand spiritual allegiance from anyone. The Antichrist persecutes the saints. Trump has been, by any objective measure, the most pro-religious-liberty president of the modern era. The Antichrist seduces with smooth, flattering words. Trump offends people constantly with his bluntness. A fountain cannot bring forth both sweet water and bitter.
The Clue Hidden in a Title
There is a detail in Paul's description of the Antichrist that most people read right past. Paul does not just call him the Man of Sin. He uses a second title that carries enormous doctrinal weight:
"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition." (2 Thessalonians 2:3)
The son of perdition. In all of scripture, only one other individual carries that specific title: Judas Iscariot. Judas was not a stranger to the truth. He was not an outsider who never had the opportunity to know God. He walked with Jesus Christ personally. He heard His teachings, witnessed His miracles, and sat at His table. And then, with full awareness of what he was doing, he betrayed Him.
That title is not applied casually. A son of perdition is someone who has received a sure witness of the truth by the power of the Holy Ghost and then turned against that knowledge entirely, with full awareness of what they are rejecting. This is not someone who sins or drifts from faith. It is someone who once stood in the light, knew the truth beyond any doubt, and deliberately chose to reject it.
Consider what this means for identifying who the Antichrist actually is. He cannot be a secular political figure raised outside of faith. He cannot be someone who never knew God. The title itself tells us where to look, and it does not point toward Donald Trump.
Why This Accusation Keeps Coming
If the scriptural evidence so clearly points away from Trump as the Antichrist, why does this accusation persist with such force?
Part of the answer is that belief shapes perception. Once someone has concluded that Trump is evil, every action he takes gets interpreted through that lens. Good actions are dismissed as deception. Questionable actions are seized as confirmation. No amount of contrary evidence penetrates a settled conclusion.
But there is something deeper at work, and it was prophesied thousands of years ago. The prophet Isaiah described a servant of the Lord whose public image would be so distorted, so "marred more than any man," that people would hide their faces from him. They would not be able to see who he truly was because the distortion of public perception would be so complete. The accusation that Trump is the Antichrist is itself part of that marring. It is the ultimate character assassination, and like every other attack leveled at him, it ultimately says more about those making it than about the man being accused.
The Real Antichrist Is Still Coming
Here is what should concern all of us: there is a real Antichrist, and he is coming. He will seek to enslave humanity under a system of total economic and political control. He will demand worship. He will persecute believers. He will blaspheme God and perform lying wonders. He will temporarily succeed in establishing his dominion over much of the earth.
That man is not Donald Trump.
The danger of exhausting this label on Trump is that when the real Antichrist emerges, people will have worn out their discernment on the wrong target. They will have cried wolf so many times that recognizing the actual wolf becomes far more difficult. The sooner people can set aside this accusation and examine what scripture actually says, the better prepared they will be for what is genuinely coming.
The fruits test is not complicated. A bitter fountain cannot bring forth good water. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit. Apply the test honestly, and the answer becomes clear.
There is a great deal more to this story. Scripture describes not just who the Antichrist is, but an entire prophetic framework within which these events unfold, including what Trump's actual role in prophecy is and why it matters deeply right now. That is what my book is about.
The Full Prophetic Picture
The Antichrist question is just one piece of a much larger prophetic framework that is beginning to unfold in our day. My book, The First Horseman: God's Chosen Servant, examines the full scope of what the scriptures reveal about the last days, Donald Trump's specific role in those events, and what every believer needs to understand right now.
Kelly Smith is the author of The First Horseman: God's Chosen Servant. He is a lifelong student of biblical prophecy and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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