The president ordered the strikes on militants he accused of “slaughtering” Christians in Nigeria. Meanwhile, President Trump is expected to host Ukrainian President Zelenskyy for peace talks on Sunday.

President Donald Trump said he ordered military strikes against "ISIS terrorist scum" in Nigeria on Christmas Day.

New details about the Christmas Day U.S. airstrikes against Islamic state forces in Nigeria. A new sign that negotiations to end the war in Ukraine are intensifying.

The president previously said he would move to protect the country’s Christian population.

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President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. launched a “powerful and deadly" strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country's government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians.

The United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians,

Trump said the United States launched Christmas night airstrikes in Nigeria targeting ISIS militants he accused of killing Christians in recent attacks.