Overview
- Marla Maples told Israel’s Channel 12 on Sunday, August 9, 2026, that President Trump keeps an Aramaic copy of the Book of Pinchas from the Zohar inside his clothing over his heart for protection and healing.
- The claim appears in reports from Israel National News and VINnews and is presented as Maples’s account without on-the-record confirmation from the president or White House spokespeople.
- Maples described her own long involvement with Kabbalah, saying she has kept kosher and observed Shabbat for more than 20 years and that Ivanka Trump’s conversion exposed the family to Jewish practice.
- She recalled a roughly 20-year-old incident in Nigeria when she said armed men left after she began reciting the Shema, and she linked that experience to the role of prayer in her life.
- Maples said she supports Israel after Oct. 7, condemned U.S. antisemitism, and plans a wellness venture with Israeli entrepreneur Niv Yaakobi expected to launch first in Israel in Hebrew.