President Donald Trump is taking steps to address the slaughter of Christians in Nigeria, and he's not pulling punches.
Trump has officially designated Nigeria as a "country of particular concern" and directed the House Appropriations Committee “to immediately look into this matter,” while being clear that the U.S. will not stand by idly while Christians are slaughtered.
Essentially, the Nigerian government is staring down the barrel of a gun as it has been rumored that Trump is considering military measures to crush Nigeria's radical Islamic terrorist groups.
Trump's decision seems to have been spurred by a letter from Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV), who called on Trump to take “immediate action to address the systematic persecution and slaughter of Christians in Nigeria."
This is the kind of foreign policy that Americans want to see out of the Trump administration. No more nation-building in the Middle East, just precise and surgical application of military force to decapitate terrorist groups.
Trump made an announcement on Friday via Truth Social where he emphatically proclaimed that, "Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a “COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN” — But that is the least of it. When Christians, or any such group, is slaughtered like is happening in Nigeria (3,100 versus 4,476 Worldwide), something must be done!"
One can't help but wonder if the former Biden administration would have cared about the slaughter of Christians in a nation that doesn't hold strong geopolitical relevance.
Trump continued in his post by saying, "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. The United States cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening in Nigeria, and numerous other Countries. We stand ready, willing, and able to save our Great Christian population around the World!"
According to Moore's letter to Trump, over 7,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria in 2025 alone, with hundreds more kidnapped, tortured, or displaced by Muslim terrorist groups like Boko Haram.
Moore issued a statement saying, "The United States cannot stand idly by while believers are slaughtered. We must acknowledge the religious nature of this scourge of anti-Christian violence from radical Islamic terrorists. It’s time for the United States to defend our brothers and sisters in Christ, and designating Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern will provide the diplomatic levers to do just that. I urge Secretary Rubio to designate Nigeria as a CPC without delay.”
With that CPC designation secured, the conversation now turns to what measures the Trump administration could take to crush terrorists and protect Christians in Nigeria.
Nigeria's government is firmly at fault for this growing crisis, which Moore explained thoroughly saying, “The government in Nigeria is complicit in the suffering of our brothers and sisters in Christ. If I should give some numbers really quick here: there have been 50,000 to 100,000 murdered Christians in Nigeria. This is an astounding number nobody is talking about."
Nigeria's Muslim President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has even flatly denied that a genocide is occurring by saying, "There’s no religious persecution in Nigeria. It’s a lie from the pit of hell.”
The "lie from the pit of hell" actually comes from Tinubu, who clearly endorses the slaughter of his own citizens because of his denial of Christian genocide. While regime change has a bad track record, the Trump administration could certainly consider such an option to remove Tinubu for being complicit in a genocide.
