U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to go "guns-a-blazing" into Nigeria over what he claims to be deadly persecution of Christians is prompting pushback in the West African nation.

"Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria," Trump declared on social media over the weekend.

"Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter," Trump said, following it up with another post saying he was ordering the Pentagon to prepare for possible military action against Nigeria.

Amnesty International, the global non-governmental organization that monitors violations of human rights including religious freedoms, describes the long-running violence in northern Nigeria as "egregious crimes," but does not characterize it as religious perse

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