“Guns-a-blazing”: Trump readies invasion of Nigeria over claims of attacks on Christians
President Donald Trump has ordered the military to prepare for action in Nigeria where he insists the authorities has failed to protect Christians from Islamist extremist groups attacks The order comes after weeks of conservative lawmakers and Christian groups lobbying for intervention in the -year conflict between radical insurgents like Boko Haram and the Nigerian armed forces Trump on Saturday accused the Nigerian authorities of allowing the militant groups to kill Christians and threatened to directly stop all aid and assistance if they continue I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for accomplishable action If we attack it will be fast vicious and sweet just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians Trump wrote on Truth Social He disclosed the United States plan would be to go into the country guns-a-blazing Related I ll do whatever I want Trump threatens to deploy other military branches in US cities On Sunday Trump communicated reporters on Air Force One that the U S could send troops into the West African country or conduct air strikes to stop the killings of a record number of Christians in Nigeria The president has not specified what killings he has referred to Groups monitoring such violence say however that no evidence indicates Christians are being killed more than Muslims in Nigeria according to the BBC Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded to Trump s Saturday directive in a post on X confirming that the Department of War is preparing for action Either the Nigerian Regime protects Christians or we will kill the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities Hegseth announced Daniel Bwala an advisor to Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tunubu commented the asserts of genocide against Nigerian Christians were false but was encouraging of the U S decision to provide military help We welcome U S assistance as long as it recognises our territorial integrity Bwala reported Reuters I am sure by the time these two leaders meet and sit there would be better outcomes in our joint resolve to fight terrorism Bwala stated referring to Trump and Tinubu Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Lesson Trump has previously claimed that Christians in Nigeria were facing an existential threat and labeled the country a Country of Particular Concern a designation indicating a country s governing body has engaged in or tolerated severe repression of religious groups We stand ready willing and able to save our Great Christian population around the World Trump declared Read more about Trump s war games Trump goes to war without a net Who gets paid in a shutdown For Trump it s the military In Latin America Trump signals war in all but name The post Guns-a-blazing Trump readies invasion of Nigeria over indicates of attacks on Christians appeared first on Salon com