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Fred Onyango

Trump launches U.S. strikes on ISIS in Nigeria, calls the move defense of Christians

Donald Trump’s administration has followed through on their appeal to free the Christians in Nigeria from persecution. Through a social media post, the president informed the world that he had just carried out a “powerful and deadly strike” on the ISIS aligned terrorists in the northwestern region of Sokoto in Nigeria.

Trump has been facing immense pressure for his decisions as the commander in chief of the US. The scrutiny first started when he decided to involve the Army in the Middle East conflict between Iran and Israel that centered around Iran propping up their atomic bomb programme. That one issue has been a mainstay in the international media for decades — Trump chose to blow up their military installations to end it once and for all.

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