Nigerian President Denies Existence of a Christian Genocide and Denounces Trump’s Threat of Military Intervention
Nigeria has rejected President Trump’s threat of military intervention aimed at protecting the country’s Christian population.
As Christians continue to face brutal attacks at the hands of Islamist militias in Nigeria’s northern region, President Trump voiced strong concerns. He warned that the United States might use military force to protect Christians from ongoing violence.
“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,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
However, the Nigerian government quickly pushed back against this threat, denying that persecution of Christians is occurring on the scale suggested.
According to a report by Politico, a Nigerian presidential spokesman told The Associated Press that the U.S. cannot unilaterally carry out any military operation in Nigeria based on claims of Christian persecution.
Daniel Bwala, spokesman for Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, described Trump’s military threat as based on misleading reports and “part of Trump’s style of going forceful in order to force a sit-down and have a conversation.”
“When it comes to matters of military operation in Nigeria, this is a matter that two leaders have to agree on,” Bwala said. “It is not something unilaterally you can do especially since that country is a sovereign state and that country is not aiding and abetting that [crime].”
President Tinubu himself has rejected the designation of Nigeria as a country allowing persecution. He pledged to work alongside the U.S. government and international partners “to deepen cooperation on protection of communities of all faiths.”
Nigeria, with a population of approximately 220 million people, is nearly evenly divided between Muslims in the north and Christians mainly residing in the south and central regions.
In recent years, Islamist groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province have escalated violent campaigns targeting Christians, including church burnings, abductions, and large-scale massacres.
Should President Trump ultimately decide against using military force, there remain other avenues to address the crisis. Options include imposing sanctions on the Nigerian government and cutting off all foreign and military aid until effective measures are taken to end the violence against Christian communities.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/nigerian-president-denies-existence-christian-genocide-denounces-trumps/
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