Updated on: Dec 26, 2025 04:53 am IST
According to Donald Trump, the strikes carried out by the US “Department of War” were in response to what he called “vicious killing” of Christians.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) announced that the United States launched “a powerful and deadly strike” targeting ISIS terrorists in Northwest Nigeria.
According to Trump, the strikes carried out by the “Department of War” were in response to what he called “vicious killing” of Christians.
Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.
The Republican declared that the United States “will not allow radical Islamic terrorism to prosper” under his leadership. While wishing everyone, including the terrorists, Merry Christmas, Trump said many more of them would be dead if “their slaughter of Christians continues”.
“I have previously warned these terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was. The Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing. Under my leadership, our Country will not allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to prosper. May God bless our Military, and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues,” Trump added.
According to a US official quoted in a Reuters report, the strike was carried out targeting ISIS militants “at the request of Nigerian authorities”. The official also claimed that the strike killed “multiple” terrorists.
