Trump calls off livestream of Fort Hood attacker’s execution by firing squad

President Donald Trump has cancelled plans to livestream the upcoming execution of Nidal Hasan, a former U.S. Army psychiatrist convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting. The execution, which is scheduled for December 3, will proceed by firing squad, but the Pentagon will no longer broadcast the event to the public as previously proposed.

While Trump maintains his support for the execution of Hasan, who killed 13 people and wounded over 30 others, the decision to halt the livestream follows earlier public skepticism regarding the feasibility of the broadcast. Vice-President JD Vance had previously questioned whether the livestream would actually take place.