President Donald Trump threatened Nigeria in social media post Saturday night that he would go into the African nation “guns-a-blazing” with military force if they don’t stop Islamic extremists from killing Christians.
“If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians the U.S.A will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and 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,” the president wrote in a post to Truth Social Saturday evening.
“I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!”
The boldfaced threat was issued one day after the US State Department placed the west African nation on the “Countries of Particular Concern” list, which is a designation for countries which fail to secure religious freedom for citizens.
More than 7,000 Christians have been massacred in Nigeria in the first 220 days of 2025, according to human right NGO Intersociety.
Since 2009, when Boko Haram Islamists launched an insurgency in Nigeria, more than 125,000 Christians have been slaughtered and 19,000 churches have been destroyed, that report stated.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and biggest oil producer, vowed to fight for religious freedom following their inclusion on the “Countries of Particular Concern” list.
“The Federal Government of Nigeria will continue to defend all citizens, irrespective of race, creed, or religion,” the Nigerian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday. “Like America, Nigeria has no option but to celebrate the diversity that is our greatest strength.”
“Nigeria is a God-fearing country where we respect faith, tolerance, diversity and inclusion, in concurrence with the rules-based international order,” the ministry added.
In September, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a bill called “Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025” that would protect Christians and other religious minorities being persecuted in Nigeria.
That legislation would impose targeted sanctions against Nigerian officials who facilitate violence against Christians and other minority groups and impose targeted sanctions against officials who enforce sharia or blasphemy laws.
With Post wires.
