Nicki Minaj draws liberal fury by praising Donald Trump's latest move
13:19 EDT 01 Nov 2025,
Nicki Minaj drew outrage from liberals by emotionally praising US President Donald Trump for having Nigeria listed as a 'country of particular concern' over Islamist attacks against local Christians.
Nigeria is being roiled by internal violence, including a jihadist insurgency that Boko Haram has been spearheading in the northeast since 2009.
Amid the various forms of bloodletting around the country - including ethnic rivalry and banditry - the Islamist militants have been slaughtering Christians as well as Muslims they regard as 'apostates' for failing to comport with their brand of Islam.
There has also been a separate onslaught by Fulani Muslim tribesmen against mainly Christian farming communities, a protracted crisis linked to a tangle of issues like religion, ethnicity and a scramble over the dwindling supply of arable land.
Some American politicians have accused Lagos of complicity in the atrocities against Christians, who make up slightly under half the Nigerian population, while the Muslims number a little over 50%.
Now, complying with demands by Republican legislators such as Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Riley Moore, Trump has designated Nigeria a 'country of particular concern' and earned a glowing response from Minaj on X.
'Reading this made me feel a deep sense of gratitude. We live in a country where we can freely worship God,' wrote Minaj, who arrived in America illegally at the age of five from her native Trinidad and has yet to obtain US citizenship.
'No group should ever be persecuted for practicing their religion. We don’t have to share the same beliefs in order for us to respect each other,' she added.
'Numerous countries all around the world are being affected by this horror & it’s dangerous to pretend we don’t notice,' added the rapper.
'Thank you to The President & his team for taking this seriously. God bless every persecuted Christian. Let’s remember to lift them up in prayer.'
Liberal fans reacted with apoplexy, including one who tweeted: 'Millions of families can’t feed their families today due to this government shutdown & Nicki Minaj using her platform to praise Donald Trump. What a weird a** bxtch ! I hope that next line you sniff takes you out bxtch.'
An X user called 'nicki minaj apologist' bewailed 'the concept of me, a muslim, having a fav that is currently thanking trump for pushing anti-muslim propaganda.'
'Nicki Minaj really managed to disappoint me over and over again since last year. Sometimes her choices and the way she acts is just insane Supporting Donald Trump is crazy,' wrote another online observer.
'You guys are just mad cuz Nicki Minaj can’t hide the fact that she’s a Trump but she’s made it clear she doesn’t stand with him,' another social media commentator wrote.
Nicki, on the other hand, is out here thanking Trump. The same man who’s deporting and mistreating Black people. That’s what’s wild.'
The Nigerian state and the Christian Association of Nigeria have denied claims that a 'Christian genocide' is unfolding in the country, an allegation that has been gathering steam on the American right and was also leveled by liberal commentator Bill Maher on a recent episode of his political talk-show Real Time with Bill Maher.
Maher, a fervent supporter of Israel, slammed what he felt was the media's hypocrisy in focusing on Gaza while devoting scant attention to Nigeria.
Nigeria's designation as a 'country of particular concern' (CPC) officially means that Washington views the country as being engaged in 'particularly severe violations of religious freedom,' under the International Religious Freedom Act of the Clinton era.
While announcing the move, Trump declared that 'Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria' and revealed he was also 'asking Congressman Riley Moore, together with Chairman Tom Cole and the House Appropriations Committee, to immediately look into this matter, and report back to me.'
He added: 'The United States cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening in Nigeria, and numerous other Countries. We stand ready, willing, and able to save our Great Christian population around the World!'
Minaj's latest post comes days after she shared a video of Trump's granddaughter Kai, 18, joining the TikTok trend of dancing to a remix of the rapper's song Beez In the Trap and the single What's Up? by Linda Perry's band 4 Non Blondes.
Posting the clip of Kai to X, Minaj shared her own reactions in the form of a weary face emoji followed by a crying laughing emoji and then a heart.
(https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15248685/nicki-minaj-liberal-fury-praising-donald-trump.html
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