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Frantic White House Scramble to Undo Pentagon Pete Disaster Revealed
The Daily Beast • • general
Key Points:
- Pete Hegseth shocked White House officials by announcing plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood massacre, prompting widespread disgust within the administration.
- President Trump initially supported the livestream but quickly reversed his stance after receiving strong negative feedback from friends, advisers, and Republican lawmakers concerned about the optics and political fallout ahead of the midterms.
- Concerns included Hasan’s paralysis from the waist down, potential use of the footage by terrorist groups like ISIS, and the overall negative impact on the Republican Party’s image.
- Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson publicly disapproved of the livestream plan, with multiple Republicans urging Trump to cancel it.
- Trump later announced there would be no livestream of the execution, scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, but affirmed the administration’s commitment to justice for Hasan’s victims.
