Trump threatens U.S. military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians
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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One on Friday as he departs for Florida from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
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Security personnel patrol the streets in Mangu, Plateau State, Nigeria, on Jan. 24, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from video.
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government “continues to allow the killing of Christians.”
The U.S. government will also immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Trump said the U.S. may “very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.”
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