This is Trump exporting his White Christian nationalist worldview under the guise of protecting Christians.
Nigeria becomes the target not because Christians are uniquely threatened, but because a Black country fits Trump’s “shithole” hierarchy and Project 2025’s moralized militarism. Drone strikes become theology by other means — power dressed up as piety. Never mind that Trump is now bombing the same ISIS he declared utterly defeated years ago. Keep that in mind the next time you hear him boasting about settling eight conflicts or ending inflation.
iPINIONS calls it what it is.
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https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/us-drone-strikes-in-nigeria-more
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