'Guns-a-blazing': Trump threatens new 'fast, vicious, and sweet' foreign military strike
President Donald Trump speaks during the ASEAN-U.S. Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Oct. 26, 2025. Vincent Thian/Pool via REUTERS
November 01, 2025
Donald Trump on Saturday threatened military action on foreign soil, escalating previous remarks about the nation.
The president previously raised the possibility of sanctions against Nigeria for allegedly failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in what Trump now calls a "disgraced country." Nigerian officials have forcefully denied all the allegations.
Trump went even further over the weekend, specifically threatening to use a military solution to what he considers to be a problem with persecution.
"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," Trump said on Truth Social Saturday. "I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!"