Overview
- Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Trump said he could send troops or order airstrikes to stop what he called mass killings of Christians.
- He said he asked the Pentagon to draft a possible attack plan and warned the United States would respond "quickly, brutally and decisively" if the killings did not stop.
- Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said he is willing to meet Trump to address insecurity and later rejected claims of a religious "massacre."
- Tinubu adviser Daniel Bwala told AFP the remarks were not taken literally, describing them as pressure to secure a meeting between the leaders.
- The ultimatum came a day after the U.S. returned Nigeria to its Countries of Particular Concern list for religious-freedom violations, a designation that increases diplomatic pressure.