Trump, Nigeria and Christmas
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Professor Jason Johnson appeared on MS NOW on Saturday, where he suggested that the Trump administration's strike on terror targets in Nigeria was racially motivated.
President Trump said "numerous perfect strikes" had hit Islamic State militants in the West African nation of Nigeria.
Experts say Trump’s narrative of a “holy war” in Nigeria threatens to inflame religious tensions and incite violence.
Former Representative Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican who became a staunch critic of President Donald Trump, expressed support for the Trump administration’s strike against ISIS militants in Nigeria. Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment via email.
President Trump said the targets of airstrikes in Nigeria were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians, but experts question his framing.
After months of warning that the US could take military action to stop violence against Christians in Nigeria, President Donald Trump announced on Christmas Day that he had done just that – delivering a strike on Islamic State terrorists in the country’s northwest.
Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga. “The ongoing violence against Christians in Nigeria is one of the most egregious violations of human rights and religious freedom so far this century.”
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., assesses President Donald Trump’s decisive strikes against ISIS in Nigeria on ‘The Story.’