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Trump overrules Hegseth and says the Fort Hood gunman's death will not be streamed
Trump says victims' families may watch Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution in person but it will not be streamed as Pete Hegseth had proposed.
President Donald Trump has shut down Pete Hegseth's plan to broadcast the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan online.
Families only
In a Truth Social post Trump said the victims' immediate families may attend and watch in person if they want to. A wider public audience is off the table.
Trump granted that showing the execution might have worked as a powerful deterrent. He said many decent people with good intentions simply do not want to see Hasan die on a stream or on any other screen.
The firing squad execution itself is still going ahead. It just will not be shown live.
A short-lived idea
Hegseth, the Secretary of War, pitched the livestream last week. The proposal drew criticism from Democrats and Republicans almost right away.
Vice President JD Vance had already said he would not be watching. Now Trump has scrapped the plan altogether.
Hasan was convicted over the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood in Texas that killed 13 people and wounded 32 more.
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