New Delhi, Dec. 26 -- US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the United States launched a "powerful and deadly" strike against "ISIS Terrorist Scum" in Nigeria. In a post on social media, he said that the country "will not allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to prosper."

In a statement issued on Christmas Day, Trump said he directed the strike as Commander in Chief. "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," Trump said. "If they did not sto...