U.S. President Donald Trump holds a picture of himself with Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, during a meeting with Nduhungirehe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner on June 27, 2025.
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The question is not whether contemporary violence in northern Nigeria is motivated by religion; the real question is why the commentariat is loath to admit it.
President Trump is right to draw attention to the plight of victims of Islamist terror in Nigeria, but a unilateral invasion of the country will be counterproductive.
In continuing to express a desire to run for an unconstitutional third term, President Trump belittles the office and erodes America’s moral authority abroad.