President Donald Trump said the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will not be livestreamed, reversing an earlier Pentagon announcement.

President Donald Trump responds to a question from the news media as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, October 12, 2026. Trump is traveling to Youngstown, Ohio, to campaign for Republican US Senator Jon Husted, who faces Democratic challenger Sherrod Brown in the November midterm elections. Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI UPI Nidal Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people, including 12 service members, during a Nov. 5, 2009, terrorist attack at Fort Hood, Texas. The attack injured 32 others. File Photo by UPI UPI

Oct. 15 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will not be livestreamed, reversing an earlier announcement from the Pentagon.

Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Thursday that he believes livestreaming the execution "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."

He wrote the execution by firing squad will go ahead as scheduled, but will not be livestreamed.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously announced the execution would be "public," and the Pentagon later confirmed plans to livestream the death.

The announcement drew criticism from members of Congress from both parties, as well as Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA,

Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people, including 12 service members, during a Nov. 5, 2009, terrorist attack at Fort Hood, Texas. The attack injured 32 others.

His execution by firing squad is scheduled to take place Dec. 3 at Fort Hood.