“The President & his team for taking this seriously. God bless every persecuted Christian. Let’s remember to lift them up in prayer.”
The White House shared a TikTok clip using a Nicki Minaj song after the rapper publicly thanked President Donald Trump for speaking out about mass violence against Christians in Nigeria.
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View on XMinaj, born Onika Maraj, wrote on X that Trump’s remarks condemning the killing of Christians in Nigeria gave her “a deep sense of gratitude.” She added, “No group should ever be persecuted for practicing their religion. We don’t have to share the same beliefs in order for us to respect each other,” and thanked “The President & his team for taking this seriously. God bless every persecuted Christian. Let’s remember to lift them up in prayer.”
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View on XTrump called the “mass slaughter” in Nigeria an “existential threat” in an October 31 Truth Social post, saying in part: “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter.” He went on, “We stand ready, willing, and able to save our great Christian population around the world!”
US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz publicly thanked Minaj for speaking out and invited her to meet at the U.S. Embassy in New York to discuss the issue. “We cannot allow this to continue,” Waltz wrote on X. “Every brother and sister of Christ must band together and say, ‘Enough!’” Minaj responded that she would be “honored” to meet.
Trump also threatened to withhold aid from Nigeria and directed the Defense Department to prepare for possible action, writing that any strike would be “fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!”
According to multiple human rights organizations, Nigeria remains one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a Christian. The country ranked 6th on the 2024 World Watch List for Christian persecution and accounted for roughly 82 percent of all Christians killed worldwide for their faith in 2023, according to the UK Parliament’s research service.
Estimates show that more than 52,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria since 2009, with many attacks carried out by Islamist groups such as Boko Haram and Fulani militants. In just the first half of 2025, over 7,000 Christians were reportedly killed in targeted assaults across the country.
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