Nicki Minaj has thanked President Donald Trump for talking out in regards to the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
In an X post Saturday, the rap famous person stated Trump’s feedback condemning the continuing homicide of Christians within the West African nation gave her a “deep sense of gratitude.”
“No group ought to ever be persecuted for practising their faith. We don’t must share the identical beliefs to ensure that us to respect one another,” she wrote alongside a screenshot of Trump’s feedback.
Minaj, who reportedly dedicated a performance of her 2014 tune “Anaconda” to Trump previously, added, “Thanks to The President & his staff for taking this severely. God bless each persecuted Christian. Let’s bear in mind to carry them up in prayer.”
In an Oct. 31 Truth Social publish, Trump known as the “mass slaughter” in Nigeria an “existential risk.”
“Christianity is dealing with an existential risk in Nigeria. Hundreds of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are accountable for this mass slaughter,” he wrote.
Noting that the “United States can’t stand by whereas such atrocities are occurring in Nigeria, and quite a few different international locations,” Trump added, “We stand prepared, prepared, and in a position to save our nice Christian inhabitants all over the world!”
Following the songwriter’s publish, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz thanked Minaj, born Onika Tanya Maraj, for “utilizing your platform to talk out in protection of the Christians being persecuted in Nigeria.”
“We can’t enable this to proceed,” Waltz wrote in a Saturday X post. “Each brother and sister of Christ should band collectively and say, ‘Sufficient!’”
Waltz went on to ask the musician to satisfy with him within the U.S. Embassy in New York to talk additional in regards to the matter.
“I might love to talk with you in additional depth about what our administration is doing to guard Christians’ freedoms all around the world,” he added, to which Minaj replied in a separate post she can be “honored” for the chance.
In the meantime, in one other Truth Social post, Trump threatened to withhold assist from the Nigerian authorities if it “continues to permit the killing of Christians.”
He additionally instructed the U.S. Division of Protection to presumably put together to enter the nation “guns-a-blazing” to “fully wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who’re committing these horrible atrocities.”
“I’m hereby instructing our Division of Struggle to arrange for doable motion. If we assault, it is going to be quick, vicious, and candy, similar to the terrorist thugs assault our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!” he wrote.
