There’s not less than one individual on board for President Trump’s current remarks concerning Christians in Nigeria — Nicki Minaj.
On Saturday, Nov. 1, the 42-year-old rapper shared her emotions of “gratitude” after the president took to Reality Social to sentence what he known as the persecution of Christians within the African nation.
“Studying this made me really feel a deep sense of gratitude,” she started in a put up resharing his assertion in a put up on X. “We dwell in a rustic the place we are able to freely worship God. No group ought to ever be persecuted for training their faith. We don’t should share the identical beliefs to ensure that us to respect one another.”
She continued, “Quite a few nations all world wide are being affected by this horror & it’s harmful to faux we don’t discover. Thanks to The President & his staff for taking this significantly. God bless each persecuted Christian. Let’s keep in mind to raise them up in prayer.”
Her response got here after, earlier within the day, Trump threatened to invade Nigeria “guns-a-blazing” if the federal government didn’t take instant motion to cease assaults in opposition to Christians.
“If the Nigerian Authorities continues to permit the killing of Christians, the usA. will instantly cease all help and help to Nigeria, and will very nicely go into that now disgraced nation, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to utterly wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who’re committing these horrible atrocities,” he wrote. Trump added that he had instructed the Division of Warfare to “put together for potential motion,” warning, “If we assault, it will likely be quick, vicious, and candy, similar to the terrorist thugs assault our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!”
Trump’s remarks reference ongoing violence in northern and central Nigeria, the place extremist and prison teams have attacked each Christian and Muslim communities. Whereas Christians have confronted devastating losses, specialists say the battle is fueled by greater than faith.
Minaj isn’t the one one who has responded since Trump’s declaration.
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu wrote in an announcement on X on Saturday, “Nigeria stands firmly as a democracy ruled by constitutional ensures of spiritual liberty.”
“Since 2023, our administration has maintained an open and energetic engagement with Christian and Muslim leaders alike and continues to handle safety challenges which have an effect on residents throughout faiths and areas,” he continued. “The characterization of Nigeria as religiously illiberal doesn’t replicate our nationwide actuality, nor does it take into accounts the constant and honest efforts of the federal government to safeguard freedom of faith and beliefs for all Nigerians.”
The Nigerian president added that spiritual freedom and tolerance have been “a core tenet” of the nation’s collective id and “shall at all times stay so.”
“Nigeria opposes spiritual persecution and doesn’t encourage it. Nigeria is a rustic with constitutional ensures to guard residents of all faiths,” he mentioned. “Our administration is dedicated to working with the USA authorities and the worldwide group to deepen understanding and cooperation on safety of communities of all faiths.”
Since Minaj shared her thanks, many customers on-line have known as her out for co-signing the Republican president.
“Chile, Trump isn’t even a Christian. He’s a charlatan,” Roland Martin wrote on X.
One other person added, “NO Christian needs to be aligning themselves with him. He’s at present ravenous individuals who had been poor such as you grew up on this nation and that’s not god like. He’s doing rest room and ballrooms renovations whereas Christians on this nation starve. What a sick man to thank.”
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