India, Nov. 1 -- US President Donald Trump of Saturday warned of an "existential threat" to Christianity in Nigeria, and said that he was adding the nation to a State Department watch list.

In a Truth Social post, the President called for action against the "slaughter" in Nigeria, adding that the US was working to save Christians across the globe.

"Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a "COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN" - But that is the least of it," a part of Trump's post read.

He also said that he was asking US Representatives Riley Moore and Tom Cole, as well as the House of Representativ...