Donald J. Trump

Foreign Precision Exposes Domestic Decay

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze

When Donald J. Trump confirmed that the United States had conducted a targeted counterterrorism strike against ISIS-linked networks in Northwestern Nigeria, global analysts called it audacious. But to those who understand the anatomy of failed states, it was inevitable. America doesn’t move into a territory for sentiment; it moves for strategy. What Trump did, intentionally or not, was expose the most dangerous truth about Nigeria: the country’s greatest security threat is not the terrorists in the forests but the politicians in the palaces.

For over a decade, Nigeria’s political and military …