US launches strike on Islamic State targets in Nigeria, Trump says

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday night that he had launched a “powerful and deadly” US strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country’s government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians. “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians,...