Donald Trump and his advisers are debating whether to call off plans to livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter, with Trump having remarked privately that he did not initially know that Nidal Hasan was paralyzed from the waist down, two sources familiar with the discussions told CNN.

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, the sources 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.

  • Ann Archy@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    He’s such a chump. It’s just insane to think about. A weekend morning show host for a pure propaganda network gets promoted to… United States Secretary of Defense?

    Like who is writing this shit, is reality slipping and out of material? It feels like late season decline.