Opinion | Trump and Nigeria’s Persecuted Christians

President Trump wanted the attention of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, and he’s got it. On Friday Mr. Trump designated Africa’s most populous nation a “country of particular concern” for religious persecution. And on Saturday he wrote that if Nigeria fails to protect its Christians, the U.S. may go in “‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.”

Christians account for nearly half of Nigeria’s population, and they’ll welcome Mr. Trump’s attention. Open Doors International, which tracks religious persecution, says more Christians are killed for their faith in Nigeria than anywhere else in the world.