President Donald Trump says he launched a “powerful and deadly strike” against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after he spent weeks decrying the group for targeting Christians

The U.S. launched strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria on Thursday, President Trump said.

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

The US president says IS targets were attacked in north-western Nigeria, accusing the group of killing Christians.

President Donald Trump called "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert a "dead man walking" and urged CBS to "put him to sleep" in a Wednesday Truth Social post attacking the late-night host.

The United States carried out a strike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria's government, President Donald Trump and the U.S. military said on Thursday, claiming the group had been targeting Christians in the region.

President Trump posted on X, that they carried out "deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria" who were killing innocent Christians.

Nigeria is battling multiple armed groups, including at least two affiliated with the Islamic State — an offshoot of the Boko Haram extremist group known as the Islamic State We