Calls for 'death penalty or something' over WikiLeaks disclosures on Fox radio

On December 2, 2010, Fox News host Brian Kilmeade previewed his radio program, 'Kilmeade and Friends,' with an on-camera segment in which Donald Trump discussed WikiLeaks, which was then publishing U.S. diplomatic cables leaked by Army Private Bradley Manning (later known as Chelsea Manning). Trump said of the disclosures: "I think it's disgraceful, I think there should be like death penalty or something." At the time, Trump was a real estate developer and television host who was publicly weighing a run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. CNN's KFile resurfaced the remark in January 2017, contrasting it with Trump's 2016 campaign-era praise of WikiLeaks ("I love WikiLeaks"). Commentators have cited the 2010 remark as an early example of Trump calling for severe punishment of a publisher over disclosures embarrassing to the U.S. government.

“I think it's disgraceful, I think there should be like death penalty or something.” Quote verified against source