WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said he has instructed the Pentagon to prepare for possible action in Nigeria, saying the U.S. could go in "guns-a-blazing" and halt aid if the government there "continues to allow the killing of 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 said in a post on his social media platform. "I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action."

He added, "WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!"

On Friday, Trump said he was designating

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