In the linked article, I see direct quotes, but not he “does not regret never asking God for forgiveness”. Unless they left that out, and why would they leave out a gem like that, someone addded that in.
I totally missed round 1, from last summer. This article from September refers to an earlier statement in July and puts some context to it. I’m going to assume he just forgot what he’d said or was a little inconsistent and drop it from there.
I’m sorry, my link in post 50 to a Bloomberg article didn’t work. I know Bloomberg hews service treats Free Reublic very strictly for posted material, so I can’t cut and paste from there. But the Trump comment reported on 9/18 was:“Well, I do,†Trump said. “I think it’s great. I consider communion to be a very important thing. You know, when I go to church and I take communion I consider that asking for forgiveness in my own way. And I do think it’s a great thing and I think it’s an important thing and it makes you feel good.â€
This clarified a comment made at a Frank Luntz forum in July:
Moderator Frank Luntz asked Trump on Saturday if he had ever sought God’s forgiveness and Trump replied, “I’m not sure I have ever asked God’s forgiveness. I don’t bring God into that picture.”
Trump clarified further about forgiveness in the church setting saying, “When I go to church and when I drink my little wine and have my little cracker, I guess that is a form of forgiveness. I do that as often as I can because I feel cleansed. I say let’s go on and let’s make it right,” declared Trump
The comment didn’t make much news in July because his comments about John McCain’s war record were made at the same time