Trump Rules Out Live Broadcast Of Former US Soldier’s Execution

United States President Donald Trump has ruled out livestreaming the scheduled execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the former US Army major convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.

Trump announced the decision on Thursday in a post on his Truth Social platform, saying Hasan would still be executed by firing squad as scheduled on December 3, but the event would not be broadcast live.

The president said he had initially considered livestreaming the execution as a possible deterrent against terrorism, arguing that it could show the world how the United States deals with perpetrators of such attacks.

However, he acknowledged that many people would not want to watch an execution, whether through a livestream or another visual medium.

Trump added that immediate family members of the victims would be allowed to witness the execution in person if they wished.

“They deserve to witness JUSTICE!” he wrote.

Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, was sentenced to death for the November 5, 2009, shooting at Fort Hood, where he opened fire on soldiers at the military base in Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others.

The Pentagon had previously announced plans to livestream the execution following a proposal by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. The plan drew criticism from lawmakers across party lines, religious leaders and other observers.

Vice President JD Vance had also expressed reluctance to watch the execution if it were broadcast.

Trump’s decision reverses the proposed livestream, although the execution itself remains scheduled for December 3.

Trump Rules Out Live Broadcast Of Former US Soldier’s Execution is first published on The Whistler Newspaper