President Donald Trump has ordered the military to prepare for action in Nigeria, where he claims the government 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 15-year conflict between radical insurgents like Boko Haram and the Nigerian armed forces. Trump on Saturday accused the Nigerian government of allowing the militant groups to kill Christians and threatened to “immediately stop all aid and assistance” if they continue.
“I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible 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 said th

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