President Trump ordered a precision strike against Islamic State elements in northwest Nigeria on December 25, 2025, and America acted without hesitation to protect innocent lives and restore deterrence where weak politicians and feckless diplomats had failed. This was not grandstanding — it was a surgical response to a real threat that had spilled over into attacks on civilian communities. The brave decision to use American power to strike terror at its source showed the kind of leadership this country has sorely missed.
The operation, carried out in Sokoto State, was announced by the president on Christmas Day and confirmed by U.S. and Nigerian officials as a coordinated effort that neutralized multiple ISIS fighters and degraded terror infrastructure in the region. Our military planners executed the strike with precision, avoiding the muddled, open-ended deployments the left so desperately loves and instead delivering targeted blows that protect allies and American interests. This kind of razor-focused action is how you keep Americans safe without getting bogged down in endless nation-building.
On Newsmax’s Newsline, retired Brigadier General Blaine Holt rightly hailed the president’s move as decisive and disciplined — the kind of quick, targeted response that sends a message to extremists around the globe. Veterans and conservatives who remember the cost of dithering know this is how you fight terror: with clarity of purpose and the will to act. The brass on the right understand that sometimes words must be backed up with force, and tonight’s operation did exactly that.
Don’t let the predictable chorus of left-wing hand-wringers and the international punditocracy gaslight you into thinking this was reckless; President Trump explicitly tied the move to protection of persecuted communities and insisted America will defend the innocent wherever they are threatened. Nigeria’s government confirmed structured security cooperation, proving this was not unilateral adventurism but partnership and resolve in action. Conservatives should be proud that the United States still has the moral clarity to stand up for the persecuted and the capability to do so effectively.
Make no mistake: this strike was also a rebuke to the domestic elites who cower at the first hint of a hard decision and to the open-borders crowd that would rather lecture than lead. The U.S. used precision weapons and superior intelligence — the kind of tools Democrats squander while apologizing for American strength — to deliver justice where it was needed, and the administration warned there could be more to come if terrorists persist. If the left wants to argue about semantics, let them; hardworking Americans want results, and tonight the results were undeniable.
