U.S President Donald Trump has warned that Washington may consider military intervention in Nigeria if the government fails to halt what he described as the “killing of Christians” by Islamist militants.
In a fiery post on his Truth Social platform, the former Republican president said he had instructed the Pentagon to begin drafting possible plans for action. The comments came a day after he claimed that Christianity was “facing an existential threat in Nigeria.”
“If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the United States will immediately suspend all aid and assistance to Nigeria,” Trump wrote.
“We may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to wipe out the Islamic terrorists committing these horrible atrocities.”
He added: “I have directed our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we strike, it will be fast, decisive, and powerful, just like the thugs who attack our cherished Christians.”
Trump concluded his post with a direct warning: “THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!”
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has been battling multiple security crises over the years. Experts note that violence in the country has claimed both Christian and Muslim lives, often rooted in complex ethnic, religious, and political tensions.
On Friday, Trump had earlier posted, without offering evidence, that “thousands of Christians are being killed” by “radical Islamists.”
While claims of anti-Christian persecution have circulated widely, analysts caution that Nigeria’s conflicts are multifaceted and not solely defined by religion.
The nation remains nearly evenly divided between a Muslim-majority north and a largely Christian south.
