Nigeria, Nov. 30 -- When US President Donald Trump recently renewed his fixation with what he described as a "Christian genocide" in Nigeria - going as far as calling the country a "disgraced nation" - I couldn't help but laugh. Not because Nigeria's security challenges are trivial, but because Trump's history of loud, reckless, and contradictory outbursts make it difficult for any serious observer to take him at face value.

This is the same Trump who, during his first tenure, described Nigeria among Africa's "shithole countries" and labelled the then-President Muhammadu Buhari as "lifeless." He once confronted Buhari with the question, "Why are you killing Christians?", despite being widely known for superficial engagement with facts. N...