President Donald Trump says the US military would go into Nigeria
The President of the United States (US), Donald Trump, has doubled down on his threat of military action in Nigeria, over what he has described as the killing of Christians by Islamic extremists.
Speaking at the White House on November 5, 2025, the US president asserted that his country would not sit by as Christians are slaughtered in the West African country.
He went on to order the Department of War to ready themselves for action in Nigeria, adding that the US military, if need be, would descend on Nigeria to kill all the terrorists.
“We’re going to do things to Nigeria that Nigeria is not going to be happy about. And we may very well go into that now-graced country, guns blazing, to completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists who are committing these horrible, horrible atrocities.
“I’m hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it would be fast, vicious, and sweet, just as the terrorist thugs attack our cherished Christians,” Trump warned.
The US president stated that something must be done in Nigeria because the Christian population of the country is likely to be wiped out.
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“Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands and thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a country of particular concern; that’s a legal definition. When Christians or any such group are slaughtered, as is happening in Nigeria — 3,100 versus 4,476 worldwide — what horrible numbers. Something has to be done,” he said.
The president also asked the US Congress to look into the issue in Nigeria and get back to him “immediately.”
“I am asking Congressman Riley Moore, together with Chairman Tom Cole and the House Appropriations Committee, to immediately look into this matter and to report back to me. And I mean, like, immediately. The United States cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening in Nigeria and numerous other countries.
“It’s not only Nigeria, it’s all over. We stand ready, willing, and able to save our great Christian population around the world. This is not going to happen. The killing of Christians is not going to happen,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian government has dismissed the earlier claims made by US President Donald Trump about the persecution of Christians in the West African nation, insisting that religious freedom is fully protected under the country’s constitution.
Responding to a reporter’s question at a news conference in Berlin on Tuesday, Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar held up a document whose cover read ‘Nigeria’s Constitutional Commitment to Religious Freedom and Rule of Law.’
“All the answers are in there. This is what guides us,” Tuggar said, speaking alongside Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul.
“It’s impossible for there to be religious persecution that can be supported in any way, shape, or form by the government of Nigeria at any level.”
Watch videos of Trump’s remarks below:
Trump says we are preparing to invade Nigeria. Apparently that’s what voters said they wanted in the exit polls. Trump: “We’re going to do things to Nigeria that Nigeria’s not gonna be happy about. Guns-a-blazin!” pic.twitter.com/j0MhV5O938
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 6, 2025
“Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. The United States cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening there, and in numerous other Countries. We stand ready, willing, and able to save our Great Christian Population around the World!” – President Trump pic.twitter.com/1dSLMr7ApQ
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) November 5, 2025
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