Trump has privately expressed doubts about live streaming the December 3 firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, a former U.S. Army major who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth supports broadcasting the execution, but Trump has faced bipartisan criticism and concerns that it could make Hasan a martyr. Trump initially supported the idea but later said he would accept the decision Vice President J.D. Vance also expressed skepticism that the execution would go ahead but believed that Trump might end up delaying the live broadcast

Trump has privately expressed doubts about live streaming the December 3 firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, a former U.S. Army major who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth supports broadcasting the execution, but Trump has faced bipartisan criticism and concerns that it could make Hasan a martyr. Trump initially supported the idea but later said he would accept the decision Vice President J.D. Vance also expressed skepticism that the execution would go ahead but believed that Trump might end up delaying the live broadcast