United States President Donald Trump has claimed that US military strikes in Nigeria helped stop attacks on Christian communities by targeting the leaders of terrorist groups behind the violence.
According to Vanguard, Trump made the remarks during an event in Washington, where he said the operation was part of his administration’s efforts to protect Christians around the world and combat terrorism.
He said the strikes dealt a major blow to the terrorist group responsible for the attacks, significantly reducing the killings.
“As you know, we recently struck Nigeria and largely ended the slaughter of great Christian populations. They have a great Christian population. They were being butchered. Thousands and thousands of people were being killed, children, women, old people, just being slaughtered, hacked to death,” Trump said.
The US president added that the operation eliminated the group’s top commanders and discouraged further attacks.
“We hit them very hard. We knocked out their leader. We knocked out their second leader and their third leader,” he said.
Trump compared the military operation in Nigeria with recent US action against Iran, saying both were aimed at addressing major security threats.
He maintained that his administration would continue to pursue terrorist groups wherever they operate.
“We know where they are. We hunt them down, and we take them out. They go into a village and they just kill everybody, it’s like crazy,” he said.
Trump also said his administration remained committed to protecting Christians globally, while warning against what he described as growing threats to religious freedom.
