STORY: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday (November 2) the U.S. military could deploy troops to Nigeria or carry out air strikes to stop what he called the killing of large numbers of Christians in the African country.

Asked if he envisioned troops on the ground or air strikes in Nigeria, Trump said, "Could be. I mean, other things. I envisage a lot of things. They're killing record numbers of Christians in Nigeria ... They're killing the Christians and killing them in very large numbers. We're not going to allow that to happen."

Nigeria said on Sunday it would welcome U.S. help in fighting Islamist insurgents as long as its territorial integrity is respected.

Trump said on Saturday he had asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible "fast" military action in Nigeria if Africa's most populous country fails to crack down on the killing of Christians.

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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP

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1. U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, WALKING TOWARDS JOURNALIST

2. WHITE FLASH

3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, IN EXCHANGE WITH JOURNALIST:

JOURNALIST ASKING (OFF CAMERA): "On Nigeria, just wanted to ask you do you envisage U.S. boots on the ground or air strikes?"

TRUMP: "Could be, a lot of things I envisage a lot of things. They're killing record numbers of Christians in Nigeria and they have other countries very bad also. You know that. That part of the world very bad at killing the Christians and killing them in very large numbers. We're not going to allow that to happen."

4. WHITE FLASH

5. TRUMP WALKING AWAY FROM JOURNALISTS