U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to Nigeria, threatening military intervention if the African nation fails to address what he described as the targeted killing of Christians by militants. In a fiery social media post on Saturday, Trump declared that he had instructed the Pentagon to prepare a potential military strike, emphasizing that the U.S. would act swiftly and decisively. “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the USA will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, 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 atrocities,” Trump stated. He further warned the Nigerian government to act quickly, adding that any U.S. military action would be “fast, vicious, and sweet.” Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth echoed Trump’s sentiments, affirming that the Department of War was preparing for possible action. Trump’s remarks came a day after he claimed, without providing evidence, that “thousands of Christians are being killed” by radical Islamists, labeling the situation an “existential threat” to Christianity in Nigeria. The U.S. State Department recently designated Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) over alleged religious persecution, a move supported by conservative politicians like Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Chris Smith. However, Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has refuted these claims, asserting that religious tolerance and freedom remain central to Nigeria’s identity. Nigeria, a nation almost evenly split between a Muslim-majority north and a Christian-dominated south, has long grappled with security challenges, including the Boko Haram insurgency and conflicts between herders and farmers, which are often mischaracterized as religious strife.