- Why Tinubu Is Yet To Meet With Donald Trump – FG .
- Tension grew after Trump redesignated Nigeria as a CPC.
- Trump threatened aid cuts and possible military action over insecurity.
President Bola Tinubu will visit the United States and meet with President Donald Trump “when the situation is right,” the Federal Government has said, as diplomatic tension between both countries continues to draw global attention.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, gave the assurance on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, noting that the President’s visit would happen at an appropriate time.
“We believe that he will go once the situation is right for him to go. But he has been to America. I was with him at the UN when he took office,” Idris said.
Relations between Abuja and Washington have strained significantly since Trump redesignated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, citing what he described as “mass slaughter of Christians.” The CPC tag, reinstated on October 31, has sparked widespread reactions from government officials, religious bodies and civil society groups.
Following the redesignation, Trump intensified his criticism of Nigeria’s handling of attacks on Christian communities. In a strongly worded message posted on his Truth Social platform, the US President threatened to halt aid and consider direct military action.
In his post, Trump wrote: “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.”
He added: “I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet.”
The Nigerian Government has repeatedly dismissed the CPC designation as unjustified and maintains that national security agencies are responding to all forms of violence across the country. Despite the rising pressure, officials insist diplomatic discussions with Washington remain ongoing.
