"Calling in to discuss the bombing with WABC's John Catsimatidis, the president said that launching the attack on Christmas Day was an intentional choice. I said yesterday, Hit them on Christmas Day. It will be a Christmas present,' he said. We hit ISIS, who are terrible. They are butchers. We really hit them hard in different locations. They really got hit hard yesterday. They got a very bad Christmas present."
"Writing on Truth Social on Christmas night, the president announced: 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! Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also announced the attack, calling it a response to violence against Christians in the country."
The United States carried out a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS in northwest Nigeria on Christmas night, ordered by the president, who described the timing as an intentional 'Christmas present' for militants. The president said he had warned Nigeria and told associates that attacks would prompt a response. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth presented the strike as a response to violence against Christians. Administration statements emphasized attacks on Christian communities, while multiple reports and experts attribute Nigerian violence to complex religious, ethnic and land conflicts that affect both Christian and Muslim communities. Nigeria's foreign minister emphasized the broader drivers of the violence.
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