Trump backs Nidal Hasan’s execution for killing 13 US soldiers, but casts doubt on livestream plan

Handout photo of Nidal Hasan, charged with killing 13 people and wounding 31 in a November 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood. US President Donald Trump has cast doubt on plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former US Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood military base in Texas, even as he backed carrying out the death sentence.Trump said on Friday that authorities were still deciding whether the execution, scheduled for December 3, would be broadcast publicly. The plan has drawn criticism from lawmakers across party lines, human rights groups and religious leaders over concerns about publicly displaying an execution.“They are making a determination about that, but he will be killed,” Trump said. “I really don't care how he goes, as long as he goes.”The Pentagon had indicated earlier that the execution would be livestreamed after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military would ensure people could watch it. However, Vice President JD Vance also expressed uncertainty about whether the broadcast would take place.Vance described Hasan's attack as the worst terrorist attack on American soil outside the September 11, 2001, attacks...