United States President Donald Trump is focused on ending what has been described as the slaughter of Christians in Nigeria, according to US Congressman Riley Moore.
Moore, a member of the United States House of Representatives, said recent airstrikes on terrorist enclaves in Nigeria were aimed at stopping attacks against Christian communities and were carried out in collaboration with the Nigerian government.
“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,” he said in a post on X.
The United States launched airstrikes on Christmas Day against two terrorist hideouts in the Bauni forest in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
Moore said the operation was in response to repeated attacks on Christians during the Christmas season over the past two years, adding that President Trump decided to confront the terrorists directly.
Attaching a clip from an interview, the lawmaker stated that the airstrikes were intended 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 and this is a very good first step to addressing this issue,” he said.
Moore further remarked: “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,” he added.
The US congressman also claimed that critics of the airstrikes were “playing to their Islamic radical base that they now have to appease for whatever reason.”
