Trump said on Wednesday (November 5) that the United States would stop all aid to Nigeria and possibly "go into that now-disgraced country, guns a-blazing," if the African country did not stop the killing of Christians.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville said Wednesday that he would support U.S. troops going into Nigeria amid news of persecuted Christians.

President Donald Trump has opened the door for sanctions to be imposed on Nigeria for allegedly failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the country.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed Wednesday’s advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) saying Israel must allow aid into Gaza.

Trump has previously claimed that Christians in Nigeria were facing an “existential threat,” and labeled the country a “Country of Particular Concern,” a designation indicating a country’s government has engaged in or tolerated severe repression of religious groups.

"If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, “guns-a-blazing,” to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities," he wrote in a post on Truth Social.

Christian persecution in Nigeria has ramped up dramatically as Islamist militants burn villages and kill thousands of believers in targeted attacks across the country.

When President Donald Trump made a surprise threat this weekend on social media to carry out strikes in Nigeria, his defense secretary answered quickly: "Yes sir."

A crowd of about 200 mourners gathered under the clear sky of Barkin Ladi in Nigeria’s Plateau State as pastor Ezekiel Dachomo officiated the mass burial

President Donald Trump’s recent threat to send troops “guns-a-blazing” to Nigeria to stop the persecution of Christians is exposing tensions inside the administration over how to approach both Abuja and West Africa as a whole.