Trump cancels planned Pentagon live stream of Fort Hood shooter’s firing squad execution

South China Morning Post15 October 2026, 14:50 UTCUnited States of America

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the Pentagon would no longer live stream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan after the announcement faced bipartisan criticism and Vice-President J.D. Vance said he would not watch it. Trump said on social media that publicly airing the execution “might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan”. But, he continued, “any very good and well meaning people...

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