【Lao Liu's Weekly Topic: Why Did Trump "Focus on" the African Giant Nigeria?】
This week, Trump "suddenly" accused the Nigerian authorities of allowing Islamic extremists to kill Christian believers in the White House and on the social media platform "Truth Social," and threatened that he had instructed the US Secretary of War Hedges to prepare for military action in Nigeria.
The word "suddenly" is in quotes because, according to Lao Liu, this is another carefully planned strategy by Trump and his team. It is similar to the current situation in Venezuela, where the United States intervened under the pretext of combating drugs (the root cause of the US drug problem lies within the US itself) and intervened in Nigeria under the pretext of combating terrorism (the main financial backers of major global terrorist organizations are the CIA and the Pentagon).
Why would Trump, who has long boasted about loving peace and resolving conflicts, say one thing and do another so openly? Because of American interests and a business mindset. If a "big deal" favorable to the US cannot be achieved through negotiations, then it will be achieved through force. Like Venezuela, Nigeria also has key mineral resources that the Trump administration urgently needs.
Here is some introduction about Nigeria's key mineral resources:
1. The proven rare earth reserves rank third in the world, second only to China and Australia, accounting for 2.5% of the world's proven rare earth reserves.
2. The proven oil reserves rank 11th in the world, with as much as 3.72 billion barrels.
3. The proven natural gas reserves rank 8th in the world, with as much as 5.3 trillion cubic meters.
4. The proven lithium reserves are also among the top in the world.
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