US President Donald Trump
US Congressman Riley Moore has said that the United States (US) President Donald Trump is committed to ending the targeting and killing of Christians in Nigeria.
Moore, a member of the United States House of Representatives, explained that recent US air strikes against terrorist strongholds in Nigeria were conducted in coordination with the Nigerian government to protect vulnerable communities.
“We did this in coordination with the Nigerian government, which is very important to point out.
“This isn’t the United States unilaterally doing this, we are doing this in coordination with the Nigerian government to help secure their country and end the slaughter of Christians in Nigeria,” Moore said in a post on X.
On Christmas Day, the United States launched air strikes against two terrorist camps in Bauni Forest, Tangaza Local Government Area, Sokoto State. Moore noted that Christians in Nigeria had been targeted by terrorists on Christmas Day in the past two years.
He said the attacks this year were a direct response, delivering “a taste of their own medicine.”
Sharing a clip of his interview on Fox News, Moore reiterated that the operations aimed to “end the slaughter of Christians in Nigeria.”
“So, quite a bit different, the President is totally focused on this. He made that very clear in this attack and this is a very good first step to addressing this issue,” he said.
Moore further emphasized the shift in dynamics: “Obviously, President Trump has finally stood up to this, and I do want to point out something very important: the last two Christmases, there has been a massacre of Christians in Nigeria.
“The tables have absolutely turned this year. The Islamic terrorists in Nigeria were the ones receiving that type of present this year.”
The congressman also criticized opponents of the air strikes, saying they were “playing to their Islamic radical base that they now have to appease for whatever reason.”
