Donald Trump has threatened to send the US military into Nigeria with “guns-a-blazing” if the African country does not stem what he described as the killing of Christians by Islamists.
Mr Trump said on on Saturday that he had asked the Pentagon to map out a possible plan of attack, one day after warning that Christianity was “facing an existential threat in Nigeria”.
Yes sir.
The killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria — and anywhere — must end immediately. The Department of War is preparing for action. Either the Nigerian Government protects Christians, or we will kill the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities. pic.twitter.com/C0v9RHGoS1
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) November 1, 2025







The first shot of the American Civil War was the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbour on April 12th 1861. Of course, no serious historian begins the tale there. Wars of brothers do not erupt in a single day. Beneath the first cannonade lay a generation of corrosion – of trust, wealth and truth. Civil wars begin not with gunpowder but with people ceasing to believe in the same story.





