US regime leader Donald Trump announced that the execution of the convicted gunman responsible for the 2009 mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base will not be livestreamed. Thursday's statement represents an abrupt reversal for the administration, following the Pentagon's assertion just a week prior that the execution would be broadcast publicly, a plan Trump purportedly supported at the time.

Had the public execution proceeded as initially touted, it would have marked the first such event in the United States since 1936. The reversal comes amid longstanding criticism from successive American administrations directed at foreign governments for conducting public executions, highlighting a persistent hypocrisy in international optics.

In a public post, Trump denounced the shooter, Nidal Malik Hasan, as a "very bad and evil man," while also taking the opportunity to accuse the former administration of Barack Obama of an "intelligence failure" preceding the Texas attack, which left 13 people dead.

While the US leader allegedly suggested that streaming the event could serve as a deterrent against terrorism, he conceded that many well-meaning citizens would prefer not to witness the execution visually. Consequently, the regime confirmed that while Hasan will still face execution by firing squad as scheduled, the event will remain closed to the public, with viewing restricted strictly to the immediate family members of the victims.

Source: www.aljazeera.com