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US President Donald Trump has opened a new rift with Nigeria, declaring that the African country is "under surveillance" due to repeated reports of massacres of Christians by Muslim extremists.
In a post on his Social Truth platform, Trump wrote that “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria” and that “thousands of Christians are being killed by Islamic radicals.” He declared Nigeria a “country of particular concern” and warned that if the situation worsens, the United States “will intervene.”
"If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the United States will immediately halt all aid and assistance to Nigeria and may enter that now disgraced country, 'at gunpoint', to completely eliminate the Islamic terrorists who are committing these horrific atrocities. I am hereby directing our War Department to prepare for possible action. If we do attack, it will be swift, just as the terrorist bandits are attacking our beloved Christians ," Trump wrote.
The Nigerian government has denied allegations of massacres of Christians in the past, but critics warn that Trump's classification could pave the way for future sanctions against the African country. However, with the latest statements, Trump is not talking about sanctions, but about a much stronger response.
Analysts say the president has bypassed the usual procedure for such matters. The US International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 stipulates that a country can be declared “of particular concern” only after the recommendation of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and State Department experts, a step that, according to sources, Trump has not followed.
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