Trump Stops Livestreaming Fort Hood Execution

US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that authorities will not livestream the firing squad execution of a convicted military base shooter, Nidal Malik Hasan.

The decision cancels a proposal by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth that had sparked widespread bipartisan criticism and international backlash.

Writing on Truth Social, Trump confirmed that the execution will proceed as planned without a public broadcast. However, he stated that immediate family members of the victims may choose to view the execution in person.

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The convicted gunman, former U.S. Army psychiatrist Hasan, carried out a mass shooting at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas on November 5, 2009, killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others.

A military court-martial convicted Hasan and sentenced him to death in 2013. Under U.S. military law, capital punishment requires final presidential authorisation.

Trump stops livestreaming the Fort Hood execution (News Central TV) — Trump stops livestreaming the Fort Hood execution. Credit: Reuters

President Trump approved Hasan’s death sentence by firing squad—scheduled for December 3, 2026—marking the U.S. military’s first execution since 1961 and its first execution by firing squad since World War II.

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