<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="" title="US"><span>US</span></a><span> President </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span> has said he'd ordered a deadly strike on Islamic State </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/terrorism" rel="" target="" title="terrorists"><span>terrorists</span></a><span> in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/nigeria" rel="" target="" title="Nigeria"><span>Nigeria</span></a><span>, who he has accused of persecuting </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/religion" rel="" target="" title="Christians"><span>Christians</span></a><span> in the country.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria,"</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!" the US president wrote on Truth Social.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/coogee-beach-pop-up-party/1cccbd64-4626-4ec3-94fc-43f423a31b04" rel="" target="" title="Huge clean-up begins after thousands descend onto Coogee Beach for pop-up party"><strong><span>Huge clean-up begins after thousands descend onto Coogee Beach for pop-up party</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was," he went on.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Under my leadership, our Country will not allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to prosper.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/trump-says-us-military-struck-isis-terrorists-in-nigeria/c9b935f1-a9ff-4239-8aa2-835dd3d153fe" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"May God Bless our Military, and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>CNN has reached out to the White House for additional comment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump has focused for the last several months on the plight of Christians in Nigeria, including calling in November on his secretary of defence to "prepare for possible action" and warning the US would enter Nigeria "</span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/guns" rel="" target="" title="guns"><span>guns</span></a><span>-a-blazing" to protect the Christian population of Africa's most populous country.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>