‘We stand ready to save our great Chrian population around the World’: Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump on Friday termed Nigeria as a “country of particular concern”, claiming that Chrianity is facing an “exential threat” in the country. Trump, in a social media post, highlighting the violence between the Muslim and Chrian communities and blamed “radical Islams” for the persecution of the Chrian minority in Nigeria.
“Chrianity is facing an exential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Chrians are being killed. Radical Islams are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am here making Nigeria a “COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN” But that is the least of it. When Chrians, or any such group, is slaughtered like is happening in Nigeria (3,100 versus 4,476 Worldwide), something must be done!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
He further said, “I am asking Congressman Riley Moore, together with Chairman Tom Cole and the House Appropriations Committee, to immediately look into this matter and report back to me.”
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Trump asserted that the United States will not idly when such atrocities are happening in Nigeria and other countries. “We stand ready, willing, and able to save our Great Chrian population around the World!” he said.
In June, over twenty people were killed in a militant attack on the home village of a Nigerian bishop, just days after he testified before the US Congress about the persecution of Chrians in the country, Fox News reported.
Mark Walker, President Donald Trump’s ambassador-designate for International Religious Freedom, told Fox News that the United States must increase pressure on Nigeria to respond to the escalating violence.
(With inputs from agencies)
