{"id":6611,"date":"2025-11-06T20:50:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T20:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=6611"},"modified":"2025-11-06T20:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T20:50:46","slug":"why-is-trump-threatening-to-intervene-in-nigeria-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=6611","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Trump Threatening to Intervene In Nigeria?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"site-content\">\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p aria-live=\"assertive\" class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">new video loaded: <!-- -->Why Is Trump Threatening to Intervene In Nigeria?<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"video-header\">\n<header class=\"css-p8f291\">\n<div class=\"css-1gn3fip\">\n<div class=\"css-vabf4\">\n<div class=\"css-1gp9s7r\"><nyt-betamax class=\"css-wkvudm\"><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/player-0.1.95-BFNcGY1P.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-cover><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/cover-0.1.95-eTrf0IGY.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-poster><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/poster-0.1.95-ZXgRxfP_.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><img data-testid=\"betamax-poster\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"_poster_9lakg_19\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-poster><\/nyt-betamax-cover><nyt-betamax-overlay-controls><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/overlay-controls-0.1.95-6uMVblK2.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/scrubber-0.1.95-allGBXvP.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-overlay-controls><nyt-betamax-ads><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/ads-0.1.95-Cs2XynqP.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-ads><\/nyt-betamax><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1djxavg\"><span class=\"css-hple31\">President Trump has threatened to send troops to Nigeria, where he says Christianity faces an \u201cexistential threat,\u201d an accusation that Nigeria has denied. 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