Nigeria, ISIS and Trump
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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.
President Trump said the targets of airstrikes in Nigeria were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians, but experts question his framing.
Experts say Trump’s narrative of a “holy war” in Nigeria threatens to inflame religious tensions and incite violence.
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.’
The U.S. has been conducting intelligence-gathering flights over large parts of Nigeria since late November, according to flight tracking data and current and former U.S. officials, in a sign of increased security cooperation between the countries.
Pete Hegseth says ‘more to come’ as Nigerian minister confirms his country provided intelligence for first wave