France, Dec. 26 -- "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!," Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Thursday.

The US military's Africa Command (Africom) said the strike was carried out in Sokoto state in coordination with Nigerian authorities and killed multiple Islamic State(ISIS) militants.

The strike comes after Trump in late October began warning that Christianityfaces an "existential threat" in Nigeria and threatened to militarily intervenein the West African country over what he says i...