Trump calls off livestream of Ford Hood shooter’s firing squad execution

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President Donald Trump said Thursday that Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan’s firing squad execution will not be livestreamed, reversing an announcement from the Pentagon last week.

“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,” Trump wrote on Truth Social .

“He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed,” Trump said of Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding dozens of others in the 2009 shooting. Trump added that the immediate families of the victims will be able to watch the execution in person.

CNN reported earlier this week that the president and his advisers were debating whether to call off plans to livestream the execution, with Trump having remarked privately that he did not initially know that Hasan was paralyzed from the waist down.

The president was not aware that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was announcing last week that the administration planned to let the public watch the execution, sources familiar with the discussions said, and was not sure what to make of it at first. Trump was, however, firmly behind the decision to execute Hasan via firing squad , multiple officials told CNN, and he’s often defended it in public.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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唐纳德·特朗普总统周四表示，胡德堡枪击案凶手尼达尔·哈桑的枪决将不会进行现场直播，推翻了五角大楼上周的声明。

“我认为，将处决过程直播给全世界观看，可能会对世界起到强烈的威慑作用，让世人看到美国是如何对待像哈桑这样的恐怖分子和人渣的。但是，许多善良且善意的人宁愿不去观看他的死亡，无论是通过直播还是其他任何视觉设备，”特朗普在Truth Social上写道。

特朗普谈到哈桑时说：“他将按计划被枪决，但行刑过程不会进行直播。”哈桑因在2009年的枪击案中造成13人死亡、数十人受伤而被定罪。特朗普补充说，受害者的直系亲属可以亲自观看行刑。

CNN 本周早些时候报道称，总统和他的顾问们正在讨论是否取消直播处决的计划，特朗普曾私下表示，他最初并不知道哈桑腰部以下瘫痪。

据知情人士透露，总统并不知晓国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯上周宣布政府计划允许公众观看处决，起初他也对此感到困惑。然而，多位官员告诉CNN，特朗普坚决支持以枪决方式处决哈桑，并且他经常在公开场合为这一决定辩护。

这是一则正在更新的新闻。