TRUMP THREATENS NIGERIAN SOVEREIGNTY OVER MASS KILLINGS
- VEDA Magazine™
- 16 minutes ago
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Written by Michael Thervil
[Trump Nigeria killings] American President Donald Trump stated:
“They’re killing the Christians and killing them in very large numbers. We’re not going to allow that to happen”.
This is in response to what President Trump believes to be the persecution of Christians in Nigeria by the hands of what some are calling Muslim Extremists. President Trump also followed by posting on his social media platform “Truth Social”:
“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.”
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has not only expressed his frustration with the comments made by the American President but he also stated to the Nigerian Press via Nigerian government spokesman Daniel Bwala that the reports that President Trump has received is “misleading” and is a part of “Trump’s style of going forceful in order to force a sit-down and have a conversation”. It should be noted that within Nigeria being almost equal when it comes to those that identify as Muslim and Christian, the attacks that have occurred have been more centered on the victim’s geographical location within Nigeria than the victim’s religious affiliation.
Since President Trump made the comment to possibly deploy American military troops on the ground in Nigeria, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu denied the allegations that Christians are being persecuted and has insisted upon working with the American government to put an end to the killings that appear to mostly take place in northern Nigeria. With the Trump Administration looking to not only sanction Nigeria, but to end all assistance and aid to Nigeria, it would adversely impact an estimated population of 230 million Nigerians.
While the Nigerian government has executed various air bombing campaigns and other military measures meant to retard or stop those designated as extremist in the past, it seems as if their efforts have failed much like the Americans efforts have failed in West Asia during its 20-year war in the region.
OUR POSITION AT VEDA WORLD NEWS
The first question we asked ourselves on this matter was: “Isn’t there supposed to be a separation of church and state”? This is followed by another question: “Isn’t there also an American value that shows a disdain for getting involved in foreign wars and conflicts?”. The answer is both “yes” and “yes”. With the American economy so broken at this time, wouldn’t it make more sense to focus on finding ways to revitalize the American economy and it's job market instead of threatening countries on the other side of the world that America can care less about? Despite President Trump's threats of infringing on the sovereignty of Nigeria, can we call this what it is? An attempt by America to somehow acquire both the oil and natural resources of Nigeria.
Nigeria like Venezuela is a top oil and gas producing country within their respective regions with vast deposits and reserves, a commodity that countries like America would like to take advantage of and exploit. This latest inflationary action by the Trump Administration is also seen as a move to attempt to contain the influence of China and Russia in Africa. The question of the day is will Nigerian President Bola Tinubu give into the threats of military action by the Americans? The one thing that we do know is that America will not place boots on the ground in Nigeria and may likely attempt to cut a weapons or aerial defense deal with President Bola Tinubu in order to carry out bombing campaigns in exchange for something deemed of value.
Using past and recent history as our guide, American bombing campaigns, if green lit by President Bola Tinubu will most likely fail to achieve their directives and will create more resentment towards America.
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