U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. military could deploy troops to Nigeria or carry out air strikes to stop what he called the killing of large numbers of Christians in the West African country.
Asked if he envisioned troops on the ground or air strikes in Nigeria, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One: Could be. I mean, other things. I envisage a lot of things. Theyre killing record numbers of Christians in Nigeria. Theyre killing the Christians and killing them in very large numbers. Were not going to allow that to happen.
Trump made the comment on Sunday evening as he headed back to Washington after a weekend at his vacation home in Florida.