{"id":61063,"date":"2025-11-05T19:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T00:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=61063"},"modified":"2025-11-05T19:12:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T00:12:38","slug":"trump-orders-department-of-war-to-prepare-for-possible-action-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/trump-orders-department-of-war-to-prepare-for-possible-action-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump orders Department of War to prepare for possible action in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Trump said he has instructed the Department of War to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria, warning that the United States will immediately halt all aid and assistance to the country if its government continues to allow the killing of Christians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are going to do things to Nigeria that Nigeria is not going to be happy about,&#8221; Trump said in a briefing on Wednesday. &#8220;And may very well go into that now-disgraced country, guns a-blazing, to completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists who are committing these horrible, horrible atrocities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action,\u201d Trump added. \u201cIf we attack it will be fast, vicious and sweep&#8230; Warning: The Nigerian government better move fast before it&#8217;s too late, if they don&#8217;t there is going to be hell to pay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s remarks follow comments made last week in which he suggested the United States could take military action in Nigeria to stop what he called the mass killing of Christians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked by reporters aboard Air Force One if he envisioned U.S. troops on the ground or airstrikes, Trump replied, \u201cCould be, I mean I envisage a lot of things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are killing record number of Christians in Nigeria,\u201d Trump said at the time. \u201cWe are not going to allow that to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s government has rejected Trump\u2019s statements. 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