[Editor's note SD: It was reported at ANP that Hegseth discussed that the Fort Hood terrorist might be publicly executed by firing squad, so this is a follow up to that article.]
President Donald Trump reversed course Thursday, announcing that the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will not be livestreamed, despite Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s pledge last week to make it public.
Trump’s announcement comes just a week after Secretary of War Pete Hegseth vowed to make Nidal Hasan’s execution public, which would mark the first public execution in the U.S. in 90 years.
Hegseth made the promise during an interview with conservative commentator Jack Posobiec aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
In a Thursday post on Truth Social, Trump said he reversed the decision to livestream the execution, describing Hasan as “a former U.S. Army Major turned traitor.” The president called Hasan “a very bad and evil man” who killed 13 people, including a pregnant soldier and her unborn son, and seriously injured 32 others.
Trump also pointed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) handling of communications between Hasan and radical Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki under the Obama administration before Hasan opened fire on unarmed soldiers at Fort Hood.
The FBI under the Obama administration intercepted electronic communications between Hasan and al-Awlaki, but investigators on the bureau’s terrorism task force concluded that Hasan’s emails did not pose a threat, Trump argued. He called the former administration’s assessment “a key intelligence failure.”
Trump said livestreaming the execution could have served as a deterrent by showing the world how the U.S. deals with terrorists, but acknowledged that many people would prefer not to watch Hasan die.
“With all of that being said, I think 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, through streaming, or through any other visual device.”
Hasan is scheduled to be executed by military firing squad Dec. 3 at 1 p.m. Central Time at Fort Hood, Texas.
The Daily Caller News Foundation reported exclusively in September 2025 that the Pentagon was preparing to send Hasan’s execution case to Trump for final approval, citing a Department of War official who said the paperwork was advancing through the military review process.
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