根据四位与总统交谈的人士透露，特朗普总统私下对在直播中展示前陆军少校尼达尔·哈桑的枪决表达了担忧，哈桑曾在德克萨斯州福特胡德军营枪杀13人。
President Trump has privately shared misgivings about livestreaming the firing-squad execution of a former Army major who murdered 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas, according to four people who have spoken with the president.
为何重要：一位高级政府官员表示，特朗普一直在收到来自两党议员以及白宫内外顾问的“负面反馈”，他们对这一想法持批评态度。
Why it matters: Trump has been deluged with "negative input" about the idea from a bipartisan chorus of lawmakers as well as advisers inside and outside of his White House, a senior administration official said.
特朗普对一位不在政府工作的知己表示，哈桑的枪决原定于12月3日进行直播，“可能不会实现”，该知己随后将此评论分享给了Axios。
A livestream of former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan's execution on Dec. 3 "might not happen," Trump told one confidant, who doesn't work in the administration and shared the comment with Axios.
该知己说：“他听起来对网络直播枪决并不特别热情。”“这就是他到处打电话、做特朗普式的事情、询问人们看法的原因。”聚焦：哈桑将在福特胡德接受枪决，正是他在17年前在那里发动枪击暴行、杀害13人的地点。他将成为美国历史上首个枪决过程被直播的人。
"He didn't sound particularly enthusiastic" about webcasting the execution, the source said. "That's why he's calling around, doing the Trump thing, asking people what they think." Zoom in: Hasan faces a firing squad at Fort Hood, where he went on his murderous shooting rampage 17 years ago. He would be the first person in the U.S. whose execution would be livestreamed.
国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯周四在《真实美国之声》节目上宣布了这一打破常规的想法。
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the norm-shattering idea Thursday on Real America's Voice.
赫格塞斯说：“我们会确保人们能够观看——也就是说，这是公开的——因为人们需要明白，这类行为会带来严重后果。”
"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," Hegseth said.
放大视角：这一想法在国内外遭到广泛谴责。随后几天，特朗普开始公开调整立场：起初，特朗普全力支持这一想法。他周五傍晚早些时候对记者说：“当然，我赞成。”
Zoom out: The idea was roundly condemned domestically and internationally. In the ensuing days, Trump started to publicly shift his positions: At first, Trump was full-throated in his support. "Absolutely, I approve," Trump told reporters early Friday evening.
那天晚上晚些时候，特朗普的表态更为谨慎：“他们之所以想这么做，是为了树立一个榜样。我并没有参与这个决定，但我理解这个决定的背后的考量。”周六，特朗普通过向记者表明自己将拥有最终决定权来掌控局面：“有两种观点：一种是‘不要公开执行死刑’，另一种是‘应该公开执行’。因为如果公开执行的话，也许其他人就不会效仿他的行为了。最终还是由我来做出决定。”总统在白宫对记者说道。
Later that night, Trump was more nuanced: "They want to do that because they want to set an example. I wasn't involved in that decision, but I understand the decision." On Saturday, Trump took control by telling reporters he would have the final say: "There are two thoughts: Don't show it and show it. 'Cause you know, by showing it, maybe other people won't be doing what he did. So I'll make a decision, ultimately.
据消息人士透露，副总统万斯已经表明了自己对这一决定的看法：“我不知道这是否真的会发生。”万斯在周五对记者表示；他私下里也多次向其他人表达了同样的观点。“我不会观看这次死刑的执行过程。”
I know what the military would like to do, but we'll make a decision," the president told reporters at the White House. Behind the scenes: Vice President Vance has signaled where he thinks the president is going with the decision, according to a source.
从他们的言辞中可以看出：特朗普、万斯以及政府中的其他所有人都非常支持对哈桑执行死刑。但总统面临着来自不同方面的压力。一位与总统交谈过的亲信表示：“总统希望那个混蛋受到应有的惩罚，公开执行死刑或许正是哈桑应得的羞辱；但同时，他也不想让哈桑成为烈士。”另一位亲信则说：“我们真的要直播这次死刑的执行过程吗？（哈桑现年56岁，在被捕时受了重伤，已经无法行走。）”
"I don't know if that's actually going to happen," Vance, speaking off the cuff, told reporters Friday. He has privately repeated that to others. "I'm not going to be watching it," Vance said. Between the lines: Trump, Vance and everyone else in the administration is clear about supporting Hasan's execution. But the president is grappling with competing pressures. "The president wants the bastard to pay, and a public execution might be that extra humiliation [Hasan] deserves," another confidant who spoke with the president said.
在直播死刑执行的问题上，万斯与赫格塞斯之间存在分歧：在也门和伊朗问题上，他们在是否使用军事力量以及军队领导权的问题上也持相反的观点。顾问们表示，这两个人之间的关系还算不错。
需要说明的是：无论是在州政府还是联邦政府层面，死刑的执行通常只有家属或部分媒体人员在场旁观；迄今为止，死刑执行过程从未被直播过。
"At the same time, he doesn't want to make the guy a martyr." Said another: "This is an old dude in a wheelchair we're shooting. We want to livestream that?" (Hasan, 56, was permanently injured when he was shot during his capture.) Friction point: The divide in opinion over livestreaming the execution is another point of disagreement between Vance and Hegseth. They've been on opposite sides when it comes to the use of military force in Yemen and Iran, to the leadership of the Army.
根据美国国家公共电台（NPR）的报道，过去死刑执行仪式通常会在公共广场上进行，但这一做法在20世纪30年代就被废除了。
Advisers say the men have a good relationship. Context: Whether at the state or federal level, executions often are witnessed only by family members or select media.
2001年，俄克拉荷马城爆炸案的凶手蒂莫西·麦克维（Timothy McVeigh）的死刑执行过程通过闭路电视系统被他的亲属及爆炸案的幸存者们观看了。
They haven't been livestreamed. Executions used to be viewed in public squares, but that practice was discontinued in the 1930s, according to NPR.
回顾事件：2009年11月5日，哈桑（Hasan）在福特胡德军事基地（Fort Hood）的士兵体检现场大喊“真主至大！”（Allahu Akbar!），开枪杀害了13人（其中包括一名孕妇），并导致另外32人受伤。这起袭击是美国本土自“9·11”事件以来最严重的恐怖袭击事件。
Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh's 2001 execution was viewable to loved ones and bombing survivors via a private closed-circuit telecast. Flashback: Yelling "Allahu Akbar!" Hasan fatally shot 13 people — including a pregnant woman — and wounded 32 others on Nov. 5, 2009, when they lined up for medical checks at Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Processing Center.
美国参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会发布的一份特别报告批评军方存在“政治正确”（即过于追求舆论正确性）的倾向，这种倾向导致军方未能及时察觉哈桑日益明显的伊斯兰极端化倾向。
The rampage was the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11. A special Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee report criticized the military for "political correctness" that blinded authorities to the major's increasingly clear Islamist radicalization.
最终结果：除非发生意外情况，否则哈桑将被执行死刑。唯一不确定的是，那些与该案件无关的普通民众是否能够目睹这一过程。
The bottom line: Hasan will be executed unless something unexpected happens. The only real doubt is whether private citizens with no attachment to the case will be able to witness it.
一位政府官员表示：“如果让我打赌的话，我会认为总统不会批准这次死刑执行。但我不会擅自预测他的决定。”该官员补充说：“哈桑将因其罪行而被处决，这才是最重要的。”
"If I had to bet, I would bet the president doesn't authorize this," said one administration official. "But I'm not gonna get ahead of the boss and try to predict what he'll do." "Hasan will be executed for his crimes," the official said, "and that's what matters."