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Trump threatens military action in Nigeria over killing of Christians

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on board Air Force One on October 31, 2025 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. [Samuel Corum/Getty Images/AFP]

US President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to send the military into Nigeria with "guns-a-blazing" if Africa's most populous country does not stem what he described as the killing of Christians by Islamists.

In an explosive post, the Republican leader -- who had campaigned unsuccessfully for the Nobel Peace Prize -- said on social media he asked the Pentagon to map out a possible plan of attack, one day after warning that Christianity was "facing an existential threat in Nigeria."

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