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Trump wavers on livestreaming Fort Hood shooter's execution after backlash

After Hegseth announced a public, livestreamed firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, bipartisan criticism and a UN torture warning have reportedly pushed Trump to reconsider.

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Hasan Execution Livestream Controversy

5 stories · since Oct 5 · newest 5m ago — Plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan have triggered international condemnation and bipartisan opposition over whether public…

  1. Pope Leo calls death penalty "inadmissible" as Pentagon plans to livestream execution
  2. Military's Top Catholic Bishop Tells Troops to Refuse Firing Squad Duty
  3. Fort Hood survivor backs firing-squad execution of Hasan, doubts public livestream
  4. Trump administration reportedly backs away from livestreaming Hasan execution
  5. Trump wavers on livestreaming Fort Hood shooter's execution after backlashyou are here

What to know

  • Nidal Hasan is scheduled for execution by firing squad at Fort Hood on December 3, 2026, at 1 p.m. CT, the approximate time of his 2009 attack.
  • Hegseth's announcement that the execution would be public and livestreamed drew bipartisan criticism, including from Republican Senator Thom Tillis, and a UN statement calling it torture.
  • Trump has reportedly privately expressed doubts about the livestream specifically, while reaffirming the firing-squad execution itself will proceed.
  • The conversation online largely treats the livestream plan as a marker of authoritarian drift, distinct from debate over the death sentence itself.

The dispute Whether the controversy is about the death penalty itself or specifically about making the execution a public livestream — most commenters separate the two, objecting only to the broadcast. · positions read across 410 posts and comments

most voices

Livestreaming a public execution is barbaric and marks America's descent into authoritarianism, comparable to dictatorships.

  • “Making executions public is the stuff of authoritarianism & 3rd world countries. Last time US did this was in 1936. Never thought US would decline to this level and so quickly…”

    maverick72.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
many voices

The administration is using the spectacle as a political intimidation tactic or show of strength after recent setbacks.

  • “You know damn well that they're sending all of us a message. It's a form of intimidation. What they're saying is it's just a matter of time. You could be next. You don't fall in line, you could be next. Nazi Germany 2.0”

    educated-redneck.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
some voices

Hasan deserves execution, but broadcasting it publicly is a separate, barbaric decision.

  • “This monster needs to be deleted but a televised execution is barbaric!”

    lcmacveteranaz.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
some voices

Dark humor and mockery of officials, treating the announcement as a grim spectacle rather than serious policy to debate.

  • “🤡 will order lunch in his dining room and eat his Filet-o-Fish and two Big Macs while he watches. Bloodthirsty, evil ghoul.”

    catservantx3.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗

Nidal Hasan Convicted Fort Hood shooterPete HegsethPete Hegseth US Secretary of War/DefenseDonald TrumpDonald Trump US PresidentJD VanceJD Vance US Vice PresidentThom TillisThom Tillis US Senator (R-N.C.)United Nations International body

Trump wavers on livestreaming Fort Hood shooter's execution after backlash
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  1. 7

    Trump privately expresses doubts about the livestream

    Axios reported, citing four people who spoke with the president, that Trump has privately voiced misgivings about livestreaming the execution after being 'deluged with negative input' from a bipartisan group of lawmakers and his own advisers.

    “deluged with "negative input" about the idea from a bipartisan chorus of lawmakers as well as advisers inside and outside of his White House…”
    — senior administration official (via Axios)
    1. 2 outlets Trump sows doubt on plan to livestream US military execution

      first by Dawn, 4d ago · also Stars & Stripes

      1 more headline

    2. 1 outlet first by Axios, 1d ago · read ↗

    • ManyRoads@mstdn.social

      # Taco ? "#Trump expresses doubts about livestreaming # execution " # Politics # News # USA # Government # Democrats # MAGA # UN # EU # Canada # Economics # House # Representative # Gestapo # Hegseth # Pentagon # Justice # Law # Constitution https://www. axios.com/2026/10/12/trump-liv estream-execution

      ManyRoads@mstdn.socialMastodon1d ago5▲view on Mastodon ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 6 posts in this stretch

    • Well that says about as little as your previous comment, but a few more words this time. Edit: curious move to leave another dumb comment then block me. One way of trying to have the last word I guess...

      mighthaveabitlaterr/australia2d agoview on r/australia ↗
    • urbanviewradio.bsky.social

      According to the @reuters.com report... This will be the first person to be executed by firing squad by the US military since 1945. #UrbanViewMornings

      urbanviewradio.bsky.socialBluesky1d agoview on Bluesky ↗
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  2. 6

    WSJ editorial warns livestream would martyr Hasan

    The Wall Street Journal's editorial board argued Hegseth's desire for a livestreamed execution would hand Hasan exactly the public spectacle a jihadist wants.

    “Pete Hegseth's desire for a livestream execution is exactly the public display the Fort Hood killer wants.”
    — WSJ Editorial Board
    1. 2 outlets How to Make a Jihadist Martyr of Nidal Hasan

      first by WSJ Opinion, 2d ago · also WSJ

      1 more headline

    • One of the reasons it was banned, historically, was because it wasn't deterring anyone, AND had become a form of public entertainment. It had been entertainment for a long time. There's plenty of stories about there being problems when there weren't enough public executions, because then people would get pissy about missing out... Because to them…

      Delamoorr/australia2d agoview on r/australia ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 8 posts in this stretch

    • The government should and does absolutely censor things like this... what are you talking about? Or what should we have an easily accessible twitch stream for Iraqi prisoner executions as well? If you want to go see state sponsored murder, then you can go look for it, but it does not belong in civilised society at any capacity, especially not as…

      Economy-Box-5319r/australia2d agoview on r/australia ↗

    • I mean it's probably not going to happen, but I guess good to spend time ensuring something that probably won't happen can't be viewed, except the weird people who want to watch it will just get a vpn for free and watch it any way. "US Vice President JD Vance has cast doubt over whether the execution would actually be live streamed"

      mighthaveabitlaterr/australia2d agoview on r/australia ↗
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  3. 5

    Australian Greens push to block livestream from being shown there

    Australia's Greens party called on the federal government to block the U.S. execution livestream from being accessible in Australia.

    1. 10 outlets Trump to make ‘decision ultimately’ on Ft. Hood execution livestream

      first by Washington Examiner, 3d ago · also Yahoo, The Hindu, AP News, Philadelphia Inquirer, KOB 4, The Hill +3

      6 more headlines

    • 🇺🇸 Major Nidal Hasan’s firing squad may be livestreamed, and it could hand a jihadi terrorist the last bullhorn he ever wanted The Army major who shot up a US base is set to face a firing squad, and the execution could reportedly be streamed live. Viva Frei, the lawyer turned

      @MarioNawfalX3d ago15▲view on X ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 12 posts in this stretch
    • fwander.bsky.social

      When we finally take back our government from this fascist regime, I suggest we live stream Pete Hogsbreath's public execution. www.npr.org/2026/10/09/n... @npr.org

      fwander.bsky.socialBluesky3d ago4▲view on Bluesky ↗
    • Betterifyouneil@mastodon.social

      CNN: Army caught off guard by Hegseth’s order to make firing squad execution public https://www. cnn.com/2026/10/10/politics/pe ntagon-scramble-hegseth-public-execution --- I'm a fuck yes! If, and only if, we start with every # sickfuck in the # trump # epsteinFiles first. I'd watch that shit on repeat, edit them all to the beat! Let's celebrate…

      Betterifyouneil@mastodon.socialMastodon3d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  4. 1 day quiet
  5. 4

    Bipartisan backlash and UN torture warning follow announcement

    Senator Thom Tillis called the plan 'beyond disgusting,' the UN said livestreaming the execution would amount to torture, JD Vance said he would not watch, and Trump said he was still deciding on the livestream while confirming the firing squad would proceed.

    “Beyond disgusting. Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do. It should not be happening in America.”
    — Sen. Thom Tillis
    1. 10 outlets US plans its first military execution since 1961, by firing squad and livestreamed

      first by MercoPress, 5d ago · also El Pais English, Independent UK, CNN, KTVZ-TV, LA Times, BBC +3

      9 more headlines
    2. 9 outlets Live updates: Vance says he won't watch the Pentagon's planned execution livestream

      first by Associated Press, 4d ago · also Daily Kos, Denver Post, Orlando Sentinel, Mercury News, Baltimore Sun, Boston Globe +2

      5 more headlines
    5 more claims →

    • 🚨Update: The War Department says the U.S. military will livestream the execution of terrorist Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter who murdered 13 people in 2009!! Hasan is scheduled to face a firing squad at Fort Hood on December 3 — at roughly the same time and place as the

      @defense_civil25X4d ago3.9k▲view on X ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 135 posts in this stretch
    • carlquintanilla.bsky.social

      “.. Beyond disgusting,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a frequent critic of Hegseth, said on X. “Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do. It should not be happening in America.” @politico.com

      carlquintanilla.bsky.socialBluesky4d ago1.0k▲view on Bluesky ↗
    • LordWoolamaloo@mastodon.scot

      This is morally reprehensible https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmy0r9 6xygx6o I'm amazed Whisky Hesgeth & Herr Trumper aren't charging it on a pay-per-view basis, or staging it on the Whitehouse lawn like their UFC debacle. Or taking donations for a chance to be in the firing squad. Wouldn't put it past the vile bastards

      LordWoolamaloo@mastodon.scotMastodon4d ago74▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  6. 3

    Hegseth says execution will be made public and livestreamed

    Hegseth told reporters the firing-squad execution would be open to public viewing, and Pentagon officials subsequently confirmed it will be livestreamed.

    “He's gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be. We'll make sure that people are able to watch it. That it's public. Because people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things.”
    — Pete Hegseth
    1. 23 outlets JD Vance Says He Won't Watch Livestreamed Execution of Fort Hood Shooter

      first by TMZ.com, 5d ago · also National Politics, Al Jazeera, Wall Street Journal, CBS News, WAGA-TV, WTTG-TV +16

      24 more headlines

    • BREAKING: Pete Hegseth announces the firing squad execution of Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan will be made public on December 3, at the same location where he carried out the massacre.

      @PolymarketX5d ago22k▲view on X ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 218 posts in this stretch
    • wajali.bsky.social

      MAGA would introduce Hunger Games if they could. You think I'm joking.

      wajali.bsky.socialBluesky5d ago943▲view on Bluesky ↗
    • briankrebs@infosec.exchange

      The unquenchable bloodlust of this administration is really quite something. What's next? Running man? https://www. reuters.com/world/us-livestrea m-army-execution-fort-hood-shooter-pentagon-official-says-2026-10-08/

      briankrebs@infosec.exchangeMastodon5d ago247▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  7. 1 day quiet
  8. 2

    Army sets December 3 execution date at Fort Hood

    The Secretary of the Army announced Hasan's execution would take place at Fort Hood, Texas, on December 3, 2026, at 1 p.m. CT, roughly the time of the original attack.

    1. 17 outlets first by Dawn, 5d ago · also NPR, Associated Press, Mashable, Euronews, Bangkok Post, CBS News +10 · read ↗

    2. 11 outlets first by Military Times, 4d ago · also MS NOW, Japan Today, Reuters, Straits Times, CBS News, Hindustan Times +4 · read ↗

    4 more claims →

    • The execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad will take place at Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, December 3rd, 2026, at 1 p.m. CT.

      @SecArmyX7d ago18k▲view on X ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 11 posts in this stretch
    • Nonilex@masto.ai

      There is so much wrong with these people. # Trump has approved the # execution by # FiringSquad of # NidalMalikHasan , a former US Army psychiatrist who opened fire on dozens of people at # FortHood , Texas, in 2009. Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s spox, said Monday that # Defense Secy Pete # Hegseth had recommended death by army firing squad, &…

      Nonilex@masto.aiMastodon7d ago24▲view on Mastodon ↗

    • have the judge or governor do it, by hand. Grover Cleveland handled executions personally when he was Sheriff, as he felt he couldn't pawn the duty off on deputies. When he ran for President it was a point of contention in the campaign how he personally executed people.

      WillitsThrockmortonr/news6d agoview on r/news ↗
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  9. 1

    Trump approves firing-squad execution for Nidal Hasan

    Hegseth recommended and Trump approved death by U.S. Army firing squad for Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed 13 people.

    “Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan…”
    — @SeanParnellASW
    1. 51 outlets Pentagon: Firing Squad for Fort Hood Shooter Will Be Livestreamed

      first by NewsMax.com, 5d ago · also One America News Network, Daily Mail, Tangle, GB News, American Greatness, Rolling Stone +44

      40 more headlines

    2. 32 outlets first by CNN, 8d ago · also The Post Millennial, Straight Arrow, FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth, VINnews, Mediaite, IJR News +25 · read ↗

    14 more claims →

    • Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. He killed 13 people and wounded

      @SeanParnellASWX8d ago22k▲view on X ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 20 posts in this stretch

    • Trump approves firing squad for execution of Nidal Hasan for 2009 Fort Hood massacre https://www. cnn.com/2026/10/05/politics/tr ump-approves-firing-squad-nadal-hasan?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Politics @ politics-CNN

      CNN@flipboard.comMastodon8d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗

    • Our most famous executioner in the UK was the hangman Albert Pierrepoint, who worked right up until capital punishment was abolished. He spoke very strongly against the death penalty in his later years, and was a part of multiple miscarriages of justice (such as the time he hanged a man for murder, then three years later hanged the man who it…

      -SaCr/news8d agoview on r/news ↗
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  1. 5 outlets Pentagon plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter prompts fierce political backlash – US politics live

    first by Guardian, 4d ago · also CBS News, Straight Arrow, Washington Examiner, Guardian US

    4 more headlines
  2. 4 outlets Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream execution of Nidal Hasan puts US in poor company

    first by Guardian, 4d ago · also Straits Times, ABC Australia, Al Jazeera

    6 more headlines
  3. 4 outlets Trump silent on Pentagon plan to live-stream execution of Fort Hood shooter

    first by Straits Times, 4d ago · also NewsNation, Mediaite, Washington Post

    3 more headlines
  4. 4 outlets Explainer-How the US plan to livestream an execution compares with global practice

    first by Al-Monitor, 4d ago · also RTÉ, RTE News, Straits Times

    1 more headline
  5. 3 outlets JD Vance Reveals Whether He Plans To Watch Live Streamed Execution of Ft. Hood Killer

    first by Mediaite, 4d ago · also ABC News, Washington Post

    3 more headlines
  6. 3 outlets Vance casts doubt on livestreaming Hasan execution: 'I'm not going to be watching it'

    first by WTTG-TV, 4d ago · also The Hill, NBC News

    2 more headlines
  7. 3 outlets Hey Platforms: Your Violent Content Policies Are About To Meet The Pentagon’s Firing Squad

    first by Mastodon, 4d ago · also HN Frontpage, Techdirt

    1 more headline
  8. 2 outlets Markwayne Mullin Defends Plan to Livestream Nidal Hasan's Execution as Trump ‘Restoring American Values’

    first by Political.org, 2d ago · also The Hill

    2 more headlines
  9. 2 outlets Don’t make Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan’s execution a public spectacle — and him a martyr

    first by NY Post, 2d ago · also New York Post

  10. 2 outlets Pope says death penalty "inadmissible" amid U.S. plans to livestream execution

    first by CBS News, 3d ago · also Straits Times

    2 more headlines

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What people are saying 15 voices from 5 sites · best of 410 · verbatim

Still unanswered
  • Will Trump ultimately overrule Hegseth and cancel the livestream while keeping the execution date?
  • How exactly would the public be able to watch — official government stream, TV, or a platform like TrumpTV?
  • Will other countries like Australia succeed in blocking the stream domestically?