Nigeria has rejected President Trump’s threat of military intervention to protect the country’s Christian population.
As Christians continue to be massacred at the hands of Islamist militias in the northern region of the most populous African country, Trump has sounded the alarm and said he may even use military force to protect them.
“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,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
However, the Nigerian government has pushed back on this idea and denied that the persecution of Christians is even taking place.
Politico reports:
The U.S. cannot unilaterally carry out any military operation in Nigeria over its claims of Christian persecution in the West African country, a Nigerian presidential spokesman told The Associated Press on Sunday.
The military threat from Donald Trump is based on misleading reports and appears to be part of “Trump’s style of going forceful in order to force a sit-down and have a conversation,” according to Daniel Bwala, a spokesman for Nigerian President Bola Tinubu.
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“When it comes to matters of military operation in Nigeria, this is a matter that two leaders have to agree on,” he continued. ”It is not something unilaterally you can do especially since that country is a sovereign state and that country is not aiding and abating that (crime).”
Tinubu has also rejected the designation and promised to work with the U.S. government and foreign partners ”to deepen cooperation on protection of communities of all faiths.”
We need more people in America to realize what’s happening to our fellow Christians in Nigeria.
They are being slaughtered & the mainstream media refuses to talk about it.
It’s up to the rest of us to force the conversation. pic.twitter.com/kKv7qzN6NM
— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) October 28, 2025
Nigeria, which is home to some 220 million people, is almost evenly divided between Muslims in the north and Christians who are concentrated in the south and central regions.
In recent years, Islamist groups such as Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province have intensified their campaign of violence against Christians, carrying out church burnings, abductions, and large-scale massacres.
Should Trump ultimately decline to use military force, there are many other options he can pursue. Among them would be sanctions against the Nigerian government and the cutting off of all foreign and military aid until the problem is effectively addressed.
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