Professor suggests Trump’s strike in Nigeria was racially motivated violence

Professor Jason Johnson of Morgan State College stated on Saturday that the US assaults on terrorist targets in Nigeria have been a brand new alternative for the Trump administration to “inflict violence in a brown nation to extend their energy”.

Throughout an look on MS NOW’s “The Weekend,” Johnson informed host Eugene Daniels that the federal government’s logic behind the strikes is flawed and questioned why President Donald Trump would care in regards to the African international locations he as soon as discredited.

“Look, if the President of the USA instantly determined that he cared about the exact same international locations that he referred to as ‘shit-hole’ international locations 5 years in the past, the President of the USA can be sitting there with Nicki Minaj on an enormous chessboard and saying, ‘The place ought to the Barbs go?’ Okay, advantageous. Perhaps this all is smart, nevertheless it would not,” Johnson argued.

“We all know that is simply one other alternative for this administration to make use of violence in a brown nation to extend their energy.”

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Professor Jason Johnson of Morgan State College on the set of MS NOW’s “The Weekend” Saturday, December 27, 2025. (Screenshot/MS NOW)

Johnson referenced current feedback from rapper Nicki Minaj at Turning Level USA’s AmericaFest 2025 final week wherein she referred to as for an finish to the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.

Johnson additionally questioned whether or not “the figures being circulated by Republicans” in regards to the variety of murdered Christians within the nation are correct.

“The BBC has accomplished a complete investigation into whether or not or not the figures being put out by the Republicans are true. Was it 100,000 individuals? Was it 6,000 individuals? Are they mixing up several types of figures?” he requested.

The professor added that the terrorist organizations working from Nigeria “do not care if you’re a Christian, a Muslim or every other faith. They assault everybody,” suggesting that Republicans are exaggerating the size of assaults on Christians within the nation.

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Johnson stated a “faint vibrant spot” was that the assaults have been carried out at the side of the Nigerian authorities, moderately than unilaterally, a distinction he stated had been misplaced in a lot of the reporting.

President Donald Trump arrives to talk at a marketing campaign occasion on December 19, 2025 in Rocky Mount, NC (AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)

The White Home didn’t instantly return Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.

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On Thursday, Trump posted on Reality Social asserting that the U.S. army launched airstrikes in northwestern Nigeria on Christmas night time towards ISIS militants he accused of killing Christians. He referred to as the operation decisive and warned that additional assaults would observe if the violence continued.

“Tonight, at my course as Commander in Chief, the USA launched a robust and lethal assault on ISIS terrorists in Northwestern Nigeria, predominately focusing on and brutally killing harmless Christians at ranges not seen in a few years and even centuries!” Trump wrote.

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) confirmed the assaults in a publish on X on Thursday night.

This picture launched by the Christian Affiliation of Nigeria exhibits the dormitories of St. Mary’s Catholic Main and Secondary College after gunmen kidnapped kids and workers within the Papiri group in Nigeria on November 21, 2025. (Christian Affiliation of Nigeria through AP)

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The measure adopted a wave of assaults on Christians and Christian establishments in Nigeria. Final month, gunmen stormed the Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Kwara State, killing two individuals and kidnapping dozens. The 38 kidnapped worshipers have been launched virtually per week later.

Days later, armed assailants invaded St. Mary’s College in Niger State, kidnapping greater than 300 college students and workers. College officers stated 50 college students ages 10 to 18 escaped within the following days, however 253 college students and 12 academics stay trapped.

Fox Information’ Greg Wehner contributed to this report.