President Donald Trump ‘s threat of military operations in Nigeria to save persecuted Christians is likely more of a pressure tactic to see the Nigerian government’s efforts to step up, according to experts.

On Saturday, Trump instructed the Department of War to “prepare for possible action” in Nigeria, threatening to “immediately stop all aid and assistance” and to come into the African nation “guns-a-blazing.”

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth affirmed the call-to-arms with an emphatic “Yes, sir.”

“The killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria — and anywhe

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