SOKOTO, Nigeria — Top advisers from the Trump administration sat at the head of a giant wooden table in an office near the White House in late October listening as religious activists described attacks on Christian churches and pastors in Nigeria. The activists wanted President Donald Trump to do something about it.

Three days later, the president threatened to enter Nigeria “guns-a-blazing” to avenge what he has called a “Christian genocide.” Then, on Christmas Day, Trump launched Tomahawk missiles at “terrorist scum” he said were responsible for killing Nigerian Christians.

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US NIGERIA CHRISTIANS 1

A man shows a piece of debris he found after a missile attack in Jabo, Nigeria, Jan. 1, 2026. A years-long effort to convince Washington of religious persecution of Christians in Nigeria is shifting foreign policy toward the West African nation, with major consequences. (Taibat Ajiboye/The New York Times)

TAIBAT AJIBOYE

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US NIGERIA CHRISTIANS 2

Sebastian Gorka, National Security Council senior director for counterterrorism, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md., Feb. 21, 2025. A years-long effort to convince Washington of religious persecution of Christians in Nigeria is shifting foreign policy toward the West African nation, with major consequences. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

ERIC LEE

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A man walks to the site of a missile attack on farmland in Jabo, Nigeria, Jan. 1, 2026. A years-long effort to convince Washington of religious persecution of Christians in Nigeria is shifting foreign policy toward the West African nation, with major consequences. (Taibat Ajiboye/The New York Times)

TAIBAT AJIBOYE

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