Donald Trump's abrupt order to the Pentagon to 'prepare for possible action' against Nigeria catapulted US–Nigeria ties into crisis on 1 November 2025, provoking swift rebuttals from Abuja and alarm among diplomats and security experts.
Trump posted the threat on his Truth Social platform, saying the United States could cut off all aid 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.'
