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Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sara Jacobs, Ranking Member of the Africa Subcommittee, today released the following statement in response to President Trump’s threat to cut off all assistance to Nigeria and prepare for possible U.S. military intervention:

“The Trump administration’s designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern ignores the complex reality of violence there. Clashes between farmers, many but not all of whom are Christian, and herders are driven by resource scarcity and land competition, not religion alone. Terrorist groups have killed both Christians and Muslims, and devastated communities—especially in the predominantly Muslim north which is increasingly plagued by violent criminal gangs often referred to as bandits. All Nigerians deserve protection, and we know President Tinubu recognizes the importance of interfaith harmony and is working to address this challenge.

“It is incredibly irresponsible of President Trump to threaten military action. Providing security support is one thing; threatening military intervention to ‘defend Christians’ is a reckless response to distorted facts which risks embroiling the United States in another war. And Trump’s aid cuts have blocked much-needed emergency nutrition and livelihoods training—the very types of programs essential to stopping the spread of insurgency.”

brain54:
Trump might be a druggie...


Sometimes I wonder what he smokes!

ryloy:
Meeks, Jacobs Condemn Trump’s Threat of Aid Cuts and Military Action in Nigeria

https://democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/2025/11/meeks-jacobs-condemn-trump-s-threat-of-aid-cuts-and-military-action-in-nigeria

ffo:
not surprised, he is a democrat. Democrats are like that, most of them dont like Christians.

PigTormentor:
Trump is deluded and just seeking cheap attention so that people will forget about Epstein files.
The child PDF is a clown 🤡

Clashes between farmers, many but not all of whom are Christian, and herders are driven by resource scarcity and land competition

ALTERNATEID:
God bless both of them. We need more US lawmakers to stand up and tell Trump the truth to his face.

WizardOfNG:
Predictable. Some of us have repeatedly told the self-hating Nigerians, particularly from one region, that the clap back will surely come from Trump's fellow US politicians over his reckless, highly irresponsible and lawless talk

I even cited several instances US judges have stood firm against Trump's lunacy yet the self-haters kept demanding US invasion of Nigeria as if we are an annexed colony of the US that Trump is Emperor over rather than an independent and sovereign nation.

US Congress will never indulge this lunacy of Trump because nothing like "weapons of mass destruction" excuse to use against us and Nigeria is not an "axis of evil" nation, directly threatening USA, Congress may be worried about enough to back military incursion into.

We will let kids and projector people keep dreaming and projecting. They don't understand that reality, not fantasy, is what matters most in life

Adexvivacity:
It may be due to old age. He talks carelessly

brain54:
Trump might be a druggie...


Sometimes I wonder what he smokes!

Adexvivacity:
It may be due to old age. He talks carelessly