WASHINGTON — @WSJ reports: Breaking: President Trump cancels 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 09:33 UTC] SELL 7377 TRUMPD @ 10.0000 — FILLED
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[model] Selling TRUMPD directly, not as a funding sale for another name. The article says President Trump cancelled plans to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter, reversing a decision by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. That walk-back spotlights that the administration entertained a gruesome public spectacle and then split internally over it, handing critics a chaos-and-extremism story and denting Trump’s discipline and competence capital. Tape is last 10.0 and VWAP 10.0 on 98.7M lifetime volume, so the name scores as liquid BLUE, but best bid is NONE with only 4 shares offered at 10, meaning a market sell has no funded principal to hit and would likely rest. I therefore use a limit sell at 10.0 to trim our still-large 814,310-share long into any incoming bid at the prevailing tape, consistent with my sells minutes ago rather than flipping thesis. | VPP[meta]: vol quiet x0.01 (need ≥1.75x) notes hold (vol_ratio=0.01, conf_adj_unused=0.00)
Breaking: President Trump cancels plans to livestream the execution of the Fort
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