The people spoke. Even this president got the message.

President Donald Trump (80) said Thursday that the Pentagon will no longer livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, after the announcement faced bipartisan criticism and Vice President JD Vance said he wouldn’t watch it.

Trump said on social media that publicly airing the execution “might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan.” But, he continued, “many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die, through streaming, or through any other visual device.”
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https://www.boston.com/news/politics/202...d-shooter/

I don't think he cared what the people thought about it; he did care what his senior advisers and VP thought. It was a bone-headed move anyway. I have no desire to witness any more death than I already have.

Wow. I didn’t know that fascist dictators listened to the people.

(10-16-2026 06:36 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Wow. I didn’t know that fascist dictators listened to the people.

I didn't either. lol

But then, of course, Trump isn't a fascist at all. The left just immediately jumps to insults in order to demonize people they hate.

(10-16-2026 05:46 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  I don't think he cared what the people thought about it; he did care what his senior advisers and VP thought. It was a bone-headed move anyway. I have no desire to witness any more death than I already have.

Agreed. He made the right call to not stream it. We're not that kind of people. (Well, a lot of us aren't.) Then again, I find it hilarious (well, typical, anyway) that the same political side who cheered on social media when Charlie Kirk was publicly assassinated are suddenly lecturing us on morality. And if the didn't cheer, they were at least justifying it based on what they think he said. (As in believing the leftist media lie.) They have no moral ground to stand on.

(10-16-2026 07:16 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 05:46 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  I don't think he cared what the people thought about it; he did care what his senior advisers and VP thought. It was a bone-headed move anyway. I have no desire to witness any more death than I already have.

Agreed. He made the right call to not stream it. We're not that kind of people. (Well, a lot of us aren't.) Then again, I find it hilarious (well, typical, anyway) that the same political side who cheered on social media when Charlie Kirk was publicly assassinated are suddenly lecturing us on morality. And if the didn't cheer, they were at least justifying it based on what they think he said. (As in believing the leftist media lie.) They have no moral ground to stand on.

And Luigi M. before that.

The only political language that the left knows to use are insults and violence.

(10-16-2026 07:39 AM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 07:16 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 05:46 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  I don't think he cared what the people thought about it; he did care what his senior advisers and VP thought. It was a bone-headed move anyway. I have no desire to witness any more death than I already have.

Agreed. He made the right call to not stream it. We're not that kind of people. (Well, a lot of us aren't.) Then again, I find it hilarious (well, typical, anyway) that the same political side who cheered on social media when Charlie Kirk was publicly assassinated are suddenly lecturing us on morality. And if the didn't cheer, they were at least justifying it based on what they think he said. (As in believing the leftist media lie.) They have no moral ground to stand on.

And Luigi M. before that.

The only political language that the left knows to use are insults and violence.

I'm only saying this for clarification, AM, but Luigi Mangione is the alleged (I say it loosely though he's pretty much confessed) assassin of the UnitedHealthCare (is it all one word?) CEO. But yes, the left cheered when Mangione allegedly shot the man so your point is valid.

(10-16-2026 07:39 AM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 07:16 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 05:46 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  I don't think he cared what the people thought about it; he did care what his senior advisers and VP thought. It was a bone-headed move anyway. I have no desire to witness any more death than I already have.

Agreed. He made the right call to not stream it. We're not that kind of people. (Well, a lot of us aren't.) Then again, I find it hilarious (well, typical, anyway) that the same political side who cheered on social media when Charlie Kirk was publicly assassinated are suddenly lecturing us on morality. And if the didn't cheer, they were at least justifying it based on what they think he said. (As in believing the leftist media lie.) They have no moral ground to stand on.

And Luigi M. before that.

The only political language that the left knows to use are insults and violence.

They may be on the same "political side," but it's different individuals.

That matters. A lot.

(10-16-2026 10:04 AM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 07:39 AM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 07:16 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 05:46 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  I don't think he cared what the people thought about it; he did care what his senior advisers and VP thought. It was a bone-headed move anyway. I have no desire to witness any more death than I already have.

Agreed. He made the right call to not stream it. We're not that kind of people. (Well, a lot of us aren't.) Then again, I find it hilarious (well, typical, anyway) that the same political side who cheered on social media when Charlie Kirk was publicly assassinated are suddenly lecturing us on morality. And if the didn't cheer, they were at least justifying it based on what they think he said. (As in believing the leftist media lie.) They have no moral ground to stand on.

And Luigi M. before that.

The only political language that the left knows to use are insults and violence.

They may be on the same "political side," but it's different individuals.

That matters. A lot.

Sure, but not as much as you think. One's an Islamic terrorist; the other, a economic terrorist. (Pretty much.)

(10-16-2026 06:36 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Wow. I didn’t know that fascist dictators listened to the people.

When they get nervous enough they backtrack.

(10-19-2026 02:45 AM)Gitanole Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 06:36 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Wow. I didn’t know that fascist dictators listened to the people.

When they get nervous enough they backtrack.

Doesn't make him a dictator then, does it?

(10-19-2026 03:03 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(10-19-2026 02:45 AM)Gitanole Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 06:36 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Wow. I didn’t know that fascist dictators listened to the people.

When they get nervous enough they backtrack.

Doesn't make him a dictator then, does it?

Bwahahaha, gotcha!