The US will livestream an execution by firing squad and the Mariana Trench isn’t low enough for how far Pete Hegseth just sank

Saul Hutson. Updated October 9th, 2026

Just when you thought the Trump Administration couldn’t get any more barbaric, Pete Hegseth pops up in your feed.

The man who is so insecure that he changed his job title from Secretary of Defense to Secretary of War has put all of his deep psychological wounds on full display with his latest announcement.

CBS News reported that the U.S. Military plans to livestream its next execution and Hegseth had a chilling one word response.

Correct.

— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) October 8, 2026

In case anyone thinks this could be lost in translation due to tone or a social media mistake, here’s a clip of the man joyfully making the same announcement:

Hegseth on Nidal Hasan: “He’s gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be. We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it. That it’s public. Because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things.” https://t.co/Aaw2wDjpgi

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 8, 2026

The entire internet was mortified by the news.

Pete Hegseth just gleefully announced the first military execution by firing squad since 1945 and said it would be "public".

The last public execution in the US was in 1936. There hasn't been a documented public military execution since the civil war. https://t.co/hYD5GtpaYg

— Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith) October 8, 2026

Televising an execution seems pretty sick to me. We are America. We don’t need to do this. https://t.co/bVorh0yBgo

— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) October 8, 2026

I would like to hear our Catholic Vice President explain why they're intentionally choosing to broadcast the death of a human being for the entire world to see, including children. https://t.co/BGnfbSdPzn

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) October 8, 2026

Public executions. Net energy exporter. Gilded palaces. Humiliation at the hands of the Houthis. We've finally done it. We're Saudi Arabia. https://t.co/7VGOW5hfNn

— willy 🌜💧 (@willystaley) October 8, 2026

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows

— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) October 9, 2026

(Reading extremely bad polls)

“…what if we killed a guy on TV?” https://t.co/lyaJfzdPsp

— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) October 9, 2026

You know who else made executions a public spectacle? The fucking Taliban, Iran, and North Korea.

— Jamie Bonkiewicz (@JamieBonkiewicz) October 9, 2026

Do they actually realize that publicly executing a jihadi will make him the martyr that he wants to be and encourage other terrorists to follow in his footsteps? Has this crossed nobody's mind at all?

— The Dens 🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@FoxBrambleFarm) October 8, 2026

As a homicide detective, I can say with all of my being that there is no lesson learned in seeing someone die. But there is a price. And that price is your peace. Your decency. And the soul of our society.
We don’t have to be this way, this fake tough but real ugly way. Stop https://t.co/LepUCtbpST

— Patrick Skinner (@SkinnerPm) October 8, 2026

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