U.S. President Donald Trump said on Nov. 2 that the United States could deploy troops in Nigeria to help stop the killing of Christians by Islamist terrorists in the country.
Aboard Air Force One, Trump was asked by a reporter if he envisioned U.S. boots on the ground in Nigeria.
“Could be. I envisage a lot of things. They’re killing record numbers of Christians in Nigeria,” he told reporters. “They’re killing the Christians and killing them in very large numbers. We’re not going to allow that to happen.”
Trump said on Truth Social on Nov. 1 that Christianity in Nigeria is facing “an existential threat,” as thousands of the nation’s Christians are being killed by Islamist terrorists. He also decided to designate Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” under the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)….