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President Donald Trump has announced that the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan will not be livestreamed, reversing a plan floated by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The decision follows a wave of bipartisan criticism in Congress and from survivors of the 2009 attack.
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!Trump — wearing a red hat and a suit — shakes hands with Pete Hegseth — who is wearing a suit and a red striped tie — while the two men stand outside near flags.
*President Trump shakes hands with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Sparrows Point, Maryland, on October 6. Photo: Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images*
President Trump said in a Thursday Truth Social post the execution of the convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hassan by firing squad will not be live-streamed.
**The big picture:** The president's post walks back an idea that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pitched last week, setting off an avalanche of bipartisan condemnation.
**Driving the news: "**He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed," Trump's post read.
* He added, "That said, the execution may be viewed in person by the immediate families of the victims, if they so choose."
* Trump noted that he thinks "streaming the execution for all to see might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan but, many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die."
* That seemingly included Vice President JD Vance who said he wouldn't watch the execution.
* House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) warned footage of the execution could become a "recruiting tool for future terrorists."
**Catch up quick:** The Pentagon previously confirmed that the December execution would be streamed after Hegseth said in an interview with Real America's Voice that it would be made "public."
* But the plan received swift pushback from Republicans and Democrats in Congress alike, as well as from clergy and survivors of the horrific 2009 attack.
* Even though most Americans support executing Hasan, a vast majority oppose livestreaming his death by firing squad, according to a ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll out Thursday.
* Representatives for TikTok and Newsmax told Axios their platforms wouldn't allow execution livestreams or clips, *Axios' Sara Fischer* reported.
**Friction point:** The reversal also comes after *Axios' Marc Caputo* reported that the president himself was privately expressing doubts about the public execution after being deluged with a chorus of negative sentiment.
* He was initially full-throated in his approval of the idea — but it took roughly a week for the plan to crumble.
**Go deeper:** Hegseth's public execution plan meets the age of viral violence
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!Trump — wearing a red hat and a suit — shakes hands with Pete Hegseth — who is wearing a suit and a red striped tie — while the two men stand outside near flags.
*President Trump shakes hands with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Sparrows Point, Maryland, on October 6. Photo: Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images*
President Trump said in a Thursday Truth Social post the execution of the convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hassan by firing squad will not be live-streamed.
**The big picture:** The president's post walks back an idea that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pitched last week, setting off an avalanche of bipartisan condemnation.
**Driving the news: "**He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed," Trump's post read.
* He added, "That said, the execution may be viewed in person by the immediate families of the victims, if they so choose."
* Trump noted that he thinks "streaming the execution for all to see might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan but, many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die."
* That seemingly included Vice President JD Vance who said he wouldn't watch the execution.
* House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) warned footage of the execution could become a "recruiting tool for future terrorists."
**Catch up quick:** The Pentagon previously confirmed that the December execution would be streamed after Hegseth said in an interview with Real America's Voice that it would be made "public."
* But the plan received swift pushback from Republicans and Democrats in Congress alike, as well as from clergy and survivors of the horrific 2009 attack.
* Even though most Americans support executing Hasan, a vast majority oppose livestreaming his death by firing squad, according to a ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll out Thursday.
* Representatives for TikTok and Newsmax told Axios their platforms wouldn't allow execution livestreams or clips, *Axios' Sara Fischer* reported.
**Friction point:** The reversal also comes after *Axios' Marc Caputo* reported that the president himself was privately expressing doubts about the public execution after being deluged with a chorus of negative sentiment.
* He was initially full-throated in his approval of the idea — but it took roughly a week for the plan to crumble.
**Go deeper:** Hegseth's public execution plan meets the age of viral violence
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