Nigeria, Oct. 31 -- Apart from tariffs, another word that the Trump presidency is fond of is genocide. First, it was South Africa. During South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's visit to the White House last May, President Donald Trump played a video suggesting that white South Africans were under genocidal attack. It was a fake video, of course, but Ramaphosa couldn't convince Trump.

Instead of looking at Gaza, where the world has serious concerns about genocide, Trump's fellow Republicans have now turned their attention to Nigeria, requesting Congress to call out the Nigerian government on charges of genocide against Christians.

It's not just the calculated mischief that should cause Nigerians to worry; it's the fact that the most p...