Trump said: The execution of Nidal Malik Hasan will not be broadcast live. What

President Trump stated on Thursday that the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the perpetrator of the Fort Hood armed attack, will not be broadcast live, reversing a plan announced by the Pentagon at the beginning of this month, a plan to which he initially stated his agreement. The Pentagon announced on October 5 that Trump had approved Hasan's execution by death squad at Fort Hood. Pentagon officials later stated to the Associated Press that the execution, scheduled to take place on December 3, will be broadcast live, writes Yahoo News. Trump changed his mind Trump wrote on Truth Social that Hasan "will die, according to the plan, by death squad, but this event will not be broadcast live". He said that the execution "can be witnessed in person by the families of the victims, if they wish to do so". He asserted that the live broadcast of the execution "could constitute a strong deterrent for the world to see how America treats terrorists and scum", but added that "many very good and well-intentioned people would prefer not to see him die, either through live broadcast or any other visual means". Conviction Hasan was convicted for the murder of 13 people and wounding 32 others in an armed attack in 2009 at a military base in Texas. The US Army has not carried out any executions since 1961 and has not used a death squad to execute a soldier since World War II. The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, stated on the television program Real America's Voice on October 8 that the execution will be "public". Read also What Americans Say About the Live Broadcasting of an Execution. The most recent opinion poll, trend reversed over the last 20 years "He will be executed by a death squad made up of soldiers, as is proper", said Hegseth. "We will ensure that people can follow the event, that it will be public - because people must understand that there are serious consequences for such acts." On October 9, Trump stated that he had approved the live broadcast plan "without reservations", adding to reporters: "We are analyzing this issue". ABC News reported on Tuesday that some officials "expressed concern about the visual impact of broadcasting an execution" and feared that the images could fuel anti-American propaganda, especially among Islamist extremist groups. What made Trump change his mind CNN also reported that Trump remarked privately that he initially did not know that Hasan was paralyzed from the waist down. Hasan suffered injuries that left him paralyzed during an exchange of fire with the police during the 2009 attack. Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, committed the mass armed attack on November 5, 2009, after entering the Soldier Readiness Processing Center at Fort Hood, near Killeen, Texas, where soldiers were undergoing medical checks. According to the Associated Press, Hasan stated that he committed the armed attack to prevent soldiers from going to Afghanistan and to kill his Muslim comrades.