Trump’s Religious Freedom Agenda Needs to Extend Beyond Nigeria

The U.S. should avoid a narrow Christian focus.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a community roundtable at 180 Church in Detroit, Michigan. November 25, 2025, 9:58 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

U.S. President Donald Trump’s Oct. 31 designation of Nigeria as a country of particular concern (CPC) for the alleged killing of Christians made global headlines. Trump declared that the United States would stand with “our CHERISHED Christians” around the world, threatening to halt all aid to Nigeria and even claiming the U.S. might take unilateral military action to “wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities,” if the Nigerian government did not act quickly to stop the k

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