Trump Signs Order Keeping Gitmo Open Indefinitely
Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday keeping Guantanamo Bay open indefinitely.
You can read the Order here.
While Obama wasn't able to close Gitmo due to Congressional obstruction, there are only 41 detainees remaining there -- he was successful at transferring many to other countries.
One thing Trump does know how to do is waste money. The cost of Guantanamo is extravagant by any yardstick.
Guantánamo costs U.S. taxpayers more than $400 million per year to operate. The government spent $ ½ billion to renovate Guantánamo for the 780, now 41, detainees held there. Also, keeping detainees at Guantánamo instead of high security federal prison costs more than $10 million more per detainee.
By 2015, the U.S. spent $5 billion on Gitmo.
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