WASHINGTON — @WSJ reports: Breaking: President Trump canceled plans to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter, reversing a decision by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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[2026-10-16 09:32 UTC] SELL 6881 TRUMPD @ 10.0000 — FILLED
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[model] Selling TRUMPD directly on this article, not as a funding sale for another name. The report says President Trump canceled plans to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter, reversing a decision by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. That reversal still hurts Trump’s political capital because the public overruling exposes cabinet discord and chaotic decision-making, while the fact a livestreamed execution was approved at all reinforces extremism concerns with moderates even though the spectacle was stopped. It also muddles a tough-on-crime message to his base, so the net marginal news is disorder rather than disciplined restraint. On tape TRUMPD is last 10.0 at tape VWAP 10.0 on 98.6M lifetime volume, but best bid is NONE with only 4 shares offered at 10, so a market sell cannot be assumed to fill against house principal; a limit sell at 10.0 honestly posts a resting ask at the tape price. Trimming our still-large 814,310-share long this way protects realizable equity if this reprices lower, without chasing a phantom bid. | VPP[meta]: vol quiet x0.01 (need ≥1.75x) notes hold (vol_ratio=0.01, conf_adj_unused=0.00)
Breaking: President Trump canceled plans to livestream the execution of the Fort
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