Investigate Trump’s Christmas Day Bombing of Nigeria

On Christmas Day, Donald Trump ordered a U.S. military strike in Nigeria — and the American people were never given the truth.

Trump claimed the bombing was necessary to “protect Christians." But experts, human rights advocates, and Nigerian leaders say that narrative is false and deeply dangerous. Violence in Nigeria is not a simple religious war. It is driven by land disputes, climate pressure, political failures, and armed groups exploiting instability — with Christians and Muslims alike among the victims.

Nigerian Christian leaders have repeatedly warned that portraying the crisis as a holy war only escalates violence and puts civilians at greater risk. By ignoring those warnings and acting anyway, Trump weaponized faith to justify military force and misled the public about what was actually happening on the ground.

Tell Congress: Investigate Trump’s Christmas Day bombing of Nigeria now.

This was an unauthorized act of war. Congress was not consulted. No public evidence was presented. And Trump’s decision to frame the strike as a defense of Christianity raises grave questions about motive, legality, and accountability. If a president can launch airstrikes abroad based on a distorted religious narrative — without oversight — then the Constitution’s checks on war powers are meaningless.

We are calling on the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, along with the Foreign Affairs and Foreign Relations Committees, to open a full, public investigation immediately. Congress must determine who authorized the strike, what intelligence was used, how many civilians were harmed, and why Trump chose to cloak military action in sectarian language. Lawmakers must also make clear that religion can never be used as a pretext for unilateral violence.

Public pressure is what forces investigations to begin. Investigations bring facts to light. And facts can stop future abuses before more lives are lost.

Trump exploited faith to justify force. Congress must reassert its constitutional role before this becomes a blueprint for future attacks.

Add your name now and demand accountability. Tell Congress to investigate Trump’s Christmas Day bombing of Nigeria and stop the dangerous abuse of power before it happens again.