Trump Strikes Islamic State on Christmas Day in Nigeria

Amazing Christmas present.

The Islamic genocide of Christians in Africa has gone unanswered far too long.

More than a dozen Tomahawk missiles from a U.S. Navy destroyer targeted two ISIS Sahel Province camps in Sokoto State’s remote Bauni forest, killing multiple militants with no initial civilian casualties reported. Trump delayed the strikes from Christmas Eve for maximum surprise, while AFRICOM and Nigerian officials confirmed precision based on shared intelligence amid ongoing jihadist violence. Nigerian President Tinubu welcomed the action and incoming U.S. helicopters, though locals reported explosions and critics questioned the targets and U.S. authority.

Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries! 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. The Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing. Under my leadership, our Country will not allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to prosper. 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.

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

HOLY SMOKES. President Trump confirms he PURPOSEFULLY moved the Nigerian Islamic terrorist missile strikes to Christmas Day to give them a “Christmas present”

Instead of Christmas Eve, Trump said: “Nope, let’s give a Christmas present. They didn’t think that was coming, but… pic.twitter.com/L5RCh8H1zw

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 27, 2025

U.S. News
US launches strikes against Islamic State group in Nigeria after attacks target Christians

President Donald Trump said the United States launched a “powerful and deadly” strike against forces of the Islamic State group in Nigeria, after accusing the West African country’s government of failing to rein in the targeting of Christians.

In this image made from video, local residents hold metal debris in Jabo, Nigeria, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (UGC via AP)

By WILL Weissert, Reuters, December 26, 2025:

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said the United States launched a “powerful and deadly” strike against forces of the Islamic State group in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country’s government of failing to rein in the targeting of Christians.

In a Christmas evening post on his social media site Thursday, Trump did not provide details or mention the extent of the damage caused by the strikes in the northwestern state of Sokoto.

A Defense Department official, who insisted on anonymity to discuss details not made public, said the U.S. worked with Nigeria to carry out the strikes and that they’d been approved by Abuja.

Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the cooperation included exchange of intelligence and strategic coordination in ways “consistent with international law, mutual respect for sovereignty and shared commitments to regional and global security.”

Nigeria is battling multiple armed groups, including at least two affiliated with IS, an offshoot of the Boko Haram extremist group known as the Islamic State West Africa Province in the northeast, and the less-known Lakurawa group prominent in the northwestern states, where the gangs use large swathes of forests as hideouts.

Security analysts said the target of the U.S. strikes could be the Lakurawa group, which in the last year has increasingly become lethal in the region, often targeting remote communities and security forces.

“Lakurawa is a group that is actually controlling territories in Nigeria, in Sokoto state and in other states like Kebbi,” said Malik Samuel, a Nigerian security researcher at Good Governance Africa. “In the northwest, there has been the incursion of violent extremist groups that are ideologically driven,” he said, blaming the incursion on the near absence of the state and security forces in hot spots.

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