Last week, President Trump – to his great credit – resolved to punish “radical Islamists” in Nigeria responsible for the “mass slaughter” of Christians. 

In a social media post on October 31st, he declared,“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!”

Next week, though, President Trump will actually be hosting Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House – a man who, until recently, led radical Islamists of al Qaeda and ISIS in committing atrocities against Christians and others in Syria. 

Worse yet, now that he’s Syria’s president, they have ties to his regime and are continuing with impunity to perpetrate such persecution. 

Let us pray that Mr. Trump will make clear that his protection extends to those Great Christians in Syria, too. 

This is Frank Gaffney.